Tropescilloscope: Historical-Domain Character
People from history that show up in a lot of works. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Catapult Nightmare
Let's Get Dangerous!
Author Appeal
Jerk Jock
The Chick
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Fanservice Extra
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Camera Abuse
Villain Ball
Ominous Latin Chanting
Off with His Head!
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Mercy Kill
Taking the Bullet
Big Bad Duumvirate
Apocalypse How
Amusing Injuries
Chekhov's Skill
The Voiceless
Sassy Black Woman
Science Fiction Films
Precision F-Strike
Diabolus ex Machina
Cool Shades
Animal Title Index
Evil Counterpart
Nothing Is Scarier
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Foil
Creator Cameo
Evil Brit
Slashed Throat
Adaptational Attractiveness
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Downer Ending
Creepy Child
One-Man Army
Red Herring
Politically Incorrect Villain
Daylight Horror
How We Got Here
Stuff Blowing Up
Happily Married
Rasputinian Death
Fish out of Water
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Put on a Bus
Funny Foreigner
Air-Vent Passageway
Gainax Ending
NO INDOOR VOICE
Blood Knight
Bad Boss
Intergenerational Friendship
Pragmatic Villainy
Major Injury Underreaction
Token Minority
Punch-Clock Villain
Batman Gambit
Ironic Echo
Australian Movies
Covers Always Lie
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Wham Shot
Better to Die than Be Killed
The Vamp
Ax-Crazy
Foregone Conclusion
Same Language Dub
Setting Update
Stealth Pun
Villain Protagonist
The Musical
Blatant Lies
Death by Irony
Tap on the Head
Bald of Evil
Stealth Hi/Bye
BrotherSister Incest
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Not So Above It All
British Films
Malevolent Masked Men
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Costume Porn
Annoying Younger Sibling
Novelization
The Great Depression
Action Prologue
Creative Closing Credits
Those Wacky Nazis
And Starring
An Axe to Grind
Redemption Equals Death
The '50s
Cool Guns
Hoist by His Own Petard
Dramatic Gun Cock
Obviously Evil
Zombie Stories
Cool Car
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Mr. Exposition
A Date with Rosie Palms
From Bad to Worse
The Dog Bites Back
Camp Gay
Combat Pragmatist
Action Girl
Every Car Is a Pinto
Big-Bad Ensemble
Attempted Rape
Artistic License Military
Red Right Hand
The Ghost
Take a Third Option
Japanese Films
Back from the Dead
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Those Two Guys
Meaningful Name
Stylistic Suck
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Historical Hero Upgrade
Facial Horror
Actor Allusion
Moment Killer
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
As the Good Book Says...
Unusual Euphemism
Disney Death
Author Avatar
Call-Back
Death Seeker
Driven to Suicide
Jump Scare
Deliberately Monochrome
Neck Lift
Historical-Domain Character
Alpha Bitch
Crapsack World
Demoted to Extra
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Accidental Misnaming
Stock Footage
Loophole Abuse
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Insistent Terminology
In Name Only
Noodle Incident
Death Glare
Not What It Looks Like
Does Not Like Shoes
Karma Houdini
Rated M for Manly
Shipper on Deck
Public Domain Feature Films
Distracted by the Sexy
Brick Joke
Dirty Old Man
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Big Applesauce
Police Brutality
Arc Words
Visual Pun
Bare Your Midriff
Blackmail
Bittersweet Ending
Bi the Way
Eldritch Abomination
Dutch Angle
Made of Iron
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Humans Are Bastards
Rule of Funny
Evil Is Petty
Chase Scene
Knight Templar
Composite Character
She's Got Legs
Crazy-Prepared
Improbable Weapon User
Shower Scene
Crucified Hero Shot
Refuge in Audacity
The Cavalry
Yandere
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Dumb Blonde
Would Hit a Girl
Death by Adaptation
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Grievous Bottley Harm
Black Best Friend
Henpecked Husband
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Cloudcuckoolander
Interrupted Suicide
Translation Convention
Laser-Guided Karma
Adaptation Expansion
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Toplessness from the Back
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Ass Shove
Intrepid Reporter
Race Lift
Re-Cut
Hope Spot
All There in the Manual
Revenge
Villain Opening Scene
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Killed Mid-Sentence
Drives Like Crazy
Real Life
Fantasy Films
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
She Cleans Up Nicely
Really Gets Around
Artistic License Law
Mundane Made Awesome
Scenery Gorn
Hypocrite
The Ditz
Dying Moment of Awesome
Mooks
Kill It with Fire
Chewing the Scenery
Establishing Character Moment
Instant Death Bullet
Worthy Opponent
Ghost Fiction
Plucky Comic Relief
Canon Foreigner
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Betty and Veronica
World of Ham
You Have Failed Me
Smoking Is Cool
The Reveal
Adaptation Dye-Job
Mexican Standoff
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Took a Level in Badass
Determinator
Agony of the Feet
Made of Explodium
Expository Hairstyle Change
Death of a Child
Running Gag
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Decoy Protagonist
Bland-Name Product
Badass Boast
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Naïve Newcomer
Love at First Sight
Abusive Parents
Chiaroscuro
Rule of Symbolism
Pretty Little Headshots
Logo Joke
Dark Is Not Evil
Extremely Short Timespan
Freudian Excuse
The Remake
Non-Indicative Name
Bullying a Dragon
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Wicked Cultured
Mind Screw
Married to the Job
Actually Pretty Funny
Greater-Scope Villain
Our Vampires Are Different
Ascended Extra
Fanservice
Black Comedy Rape
Alliterative Name
Skewed Priorities
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Cowboy Cop
Shut Up, Hannibal!
MacGuffin
Dies Wide Open
Beware the Nice Ones
Hollywood Law
Vacation Films
Hero Antagonist
Even Evil Has Standards
The Hero Dies
Tranquil Fury
Title Drop
Documentary
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
The '80s
Villain with Good Publicity
Romantic Comedy
The Alleged Car
Offscreen Teleportation
All There in the Script
Male Gaze
The X of Y
It Can Think
Green-Eyed Monster
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Gender Flip
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Music Stories
The Lost Lenore
Destination Defenestration
Be Careful What You Wish For
Truth in Television
Cluster F-Bomb
Auto Erotica
Historical Villain Upgrade
Scary Black Man
Early Installment Weirdness
Wrong Genre Savvy
Evil Is Hammy
Video Credits
Mugging the Monster
Meaningful Echo
Product Placement
Bring My Brown Pants
Psycho for Hire
Closed Circle
Bottomless Magazines
Based on a True Story
Contrived Coincidence
Hidden Depths
Rape as Drama
Insane Troll Logic
Big Bad
The Faceless
Only Known by Their Nickname
Framing Device
Character Development
Conspicuous CG
Homage
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
The Alcoholic
Butt-Monkey
Irony
Hong Kong Films
Morality Pet
Rousing Speech
Show Within a Show
Antagonist Title
French Films
Kill 'em All
My Beloved Smother
Abhorrent Admirer
Adults Are Useless
Defiant to the End
Cain and Abel
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Advertised Extra
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Our Zombies Are Different
Manchild
German Films
B-Movie
Never Found the Body
A God Am I
HeelFace Turn
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
For the Evulz
Missing Mom
Artistic License Geography
Coming-of-Age Story
The Film of the Book
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
BFG
Totally Radical
Hate Sink
Black Comedy
Crazy Jealous Guy
Darkest Hour
Manly Tears
Break the Cutie
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Disney Villain Death
Captain Obvious
Biopic
Random Events Plot
Straight Gay
Never My Fault
Spell My Name with an "S"
Badass Normal
Took a Level in Jerkass
The Power of Love
Spiteful Spit
Self-Deprecation
Continuity Nod
Heroic BSoD
Canadian Movies
'80s Hair
Anti-Villain
Cold-Blooded Torture
Redshirt Army
Bond One-Liner
Mr. Fanservice
Monumental Damage
Shown Their Work
Not So Different
One-Word Title
Retirony
Epic Fail
Dramedy
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Pay Evil unto Evil
Overprotective Dad
N-Word Privileges
Woman in White
The Mafia
Expy
Recycled IN SPACE!
Black Dude Dies First
Fiery Redhead
Corpsing
Empathic Environment
The Brute
Drowning My Sorrows
Mood Whiplash
What You Are in the Dark
Reasonable Authority Figure
Artistic License History
Heel Realization
Adaptation Distillation
Stalker with a Crush
The Place
Bloody Hilarious
Storming the Castle
Important Haircut
Big Damn Heroes
Adult Fear
Credits Gag
Awesome, but Impractical
Vomit Discretion Shot
Neck Snap
Fat Bastard
All Men Are Perverts
Genre Shift
Enemy Mine
Lighter and Softer
Everyone Has Standards
I Need a Freaking Drink
Age Lift
Cat Fight
Evil Sounds Deep
Not So Stoic
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Bad "Bad Acting"
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Kick the Dog
The '90s
My Greatest Failure
Guns Akimbo
Slasher Smile
Kids Are Cruel
Vampire Fiction
Leave the Camera Running
Dark Action Girl
Shout-Out
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
The Hero
The Smurfette Principle
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Face Death with Dignity
Serial Killer
Affectionate Parody
Adorkable
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Older Than They Look
Last-Name Basis
Twist Ending
Double-Meaning Title
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Genre Savvy
Good Is Not Nice
Wham Line
The Load
Asshole Victim
Deus ex Machina
Amoral Attorney
Only in It for the Money
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Male Frontal Nudity
Accidental Murder
Mad Scientist
War Is Hell
Flashback
Dogged Nice Guy
The Bad Guy Wins
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Bloodless Carnage
Smug Snake
No Name Given
Honor Before Reason
Big Eater
Mama Bear
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Blood from the Mouth
Arch-Enemy
Central Theme
Sexy Discretion Shot
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Armor-Piercing Question
Make It Look Like an Accident
Beta Couple
Reckless Gun Usage
Did Not Get the Girl
Demonic Possession
Body Horror
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Obfuscating Stupidity
I'm a Humanitarian
Riddle for the Ages
An Aesop
No Antagonist
Scenery Porn
Jerkass
Fingore
Car Fu
The Dragon
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Bond Villain Stupidity
Training Montage
Big "NO!"
20 Minutes into the Future
Psychopathic Manchild
Daddy's Girl
Gory Discretion Shot
Market-Based Title
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Bury Your Gays
Woman Scorned
Playing Gertrude
All for Nothing
Drugs Are Bad
Undying Loyalty
Flipping the Bird
Failed a Spot Check
My God, What Have I Done?
Knife Nut
Works Set in World War II
The Bully
Country Matters
Evil Plan
Martial Arts Movie
Eureka Moment
Room Full of Crazy
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Man on Fire
It's All About Me
Soft Glass
Reality Is Unrealistic
Didn't Think This Through
Hair-Trigger Temper
I Have Your Wife
Children Are Innocent
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Paper-Thin Disguise
Disproportionate Retribution
Genre Throwback
The End... Or Is It?
Pretty in Mink
Pragmatic Adaptation
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Big Brother Instinct
Artistic License Biology
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Dissonant Serenity
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Spanner in the Works
Fainting
Taking You with Me
Russian Films
Overly Long Gag
Dwindling Party
Together in Death
Sci-Fi Horror
Heroic Sacrifice
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Kubrick Stare
Vitriolic Best Buds
Pet the Dog
Mythology Gag
Jitter Cam
Anyone Can Die
Cat Scare
Cruel and Unusual Death
Stepford Smiler
Left the Background Music On
Call-Forward
Action Survivor
Maybe Ever After
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Bloodier and Gorier
A Father to His Men
What the Hell, Hero?
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Naked People Are Funny
Alas, Poor Villain
Mistaken for Gay
Arranged Marriage
No-Sell
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Parental Abandonment
Bait-and-Switch
Rich Bitch
Soundtrack Dissonance
It Will Never Catch On
Adaptational Heroism
The Smart Guy
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Broken Bird
Due to the Dead
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Imagine Spot
Madness Mantra
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Thriller
timeperiod
Posthumous Character
Your Head A-Splode
Parental Substitute
La Résistance
Faking the Dead
Have a Gay Old Time
Artistic License Gun Safety
Protagonist Title
Superhero
Insult Backfire
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Captain Ersatz
Rule of Three
Adaptational Villainy
Femme Fatale
"Awesome McCool" Name
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Dark and Troubled Past
From Nobody to Nightmare
Broken Pedestal
As You Know
Leitmotif
Up to Eleven
Wretched Hive
Extreme Doormat
Sanity Slippage
Action Genre
Developing Doomed Characters
Take That!
Broken Aesop
Not Using the "Z" Word
Badass Bookworm
Plot Hole
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Five-Man Band
Artistic License Physics
Exact Words
Karmic Death
More Dakka
Dark Reprise
A Minor Kidroduction
Laughing Mad
Ripped from the Headlines
Small Name, Big Ego
Word of God
Narrator
Curb-Stomp Battle
The Oner
Pyrrhic Victory
Would Hurt a Child
Damsel in Distress
Improbable Aiming Skills
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Film Noir Index
Your Cheating Heart
The Lancer
Anguished Declaration of Love
Card-Carrying Villain
Hell Is That Noise
Fourth Date Marriage
Calling the Old Man Out
Index of Film Westerns
The Cameo
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Celebrity Paradox
Brutal Honesty
Bowdlerise
Only a Flesh Wound
Bar Brawl
The '60s
Too Dumb to Live
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Adaptational Badass
Never Trust a Trailer
The Mole
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Meet Cute
Once More, with Clarity!
Real Life Writes the Plot
Rewatch Bonus
Film Series
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Mighty Whitey
Anachronism Stew
Meaningful Background Event
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Oh, Crap!
Here We Go Again!
Spared by the Adaptation
Get Out!
Foreshadowing
Unreliable Narrator
Evil Laugh
In Medias Res
Gorn
Faux Affably Evil
The '70s
Lock and Load Montage
He Who Fights Monsters
Shirtless Scene
Department of Redundancy Department
Animal Motifs
Guile Hero
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Red Shirt
Fate Worse than Death
Adaptation Name Change
Ambiguous Disorder
Defrosting Ice Queen
Pimped-Out Dress
Beard of Evil
Friend to All Children
Eyepatch of Power
Poor Communication Kills
After the End
Domestic Abuse
The Ace
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Cool Old Guy
Mystery and Detective Films
Slasher Movie
Papa Wolf
It's Personal
Big Fancy House
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Chekhov's Gun
Funny Background Event
Large Ham
No OSHA Compliance
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Television Movie Index
Disguised in Drag
Jerkass Has a Point
Eiffel Tower Effect
Not Quite Dead
Cool Old Lady
Idiot Ball
He Knows Too Much
Fantastic Racism
The Chessmaster
Affably Evil
Badass in a Nice Suit
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Implacable Man
Light Is Not Good
Depraved Bisexual
Only Sane Man
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
The Stinger
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Boom, Headshot!
Cassandra Truth
Psychological Thriller
Hollywood Darkness
Animated Credits Opening
Berserk Button
Dual Wielding
Evil-Detecting Dog
One Steve Limit
Improvised Weapon
Comically Missing the Point
Immune to Bullets
Catch-Phrase
Bolivian Army Ending
Early-Bird Cameo
Tagline
You Killed My Father
Award-Bait Song
No Ending
Dramatic Irony
Black and Gray Morality
Parental Neglect
Hypocritical Humor
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Babies Ever After
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Gone Horribly Right
Film Noir
Outrun the Fireball
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Sadistic Choice
Drill Sergeant Nasty
As Himself
Becoming the Mask
FaceHeel Turn
Heroes Want Redheads
Ungrateful Bastard
The Un-Reveal
Casting Gag
Ship Tease
Serious Business
Military and Warfare Films
Loads and Loads of Characters
Dirty Coward
Dull Surprise
Bilingual Bonus
The Stoic
The Big Guy
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Villainous Breakdown
Sequel Hook
Sequel Escalation
Match Cut
And I Must Scream
I Did What I Had to Do
Manipulative Bastard
Bavarian Fire Drill
Groin Attack
Almost Kiss
Deadpan Snarker
The Atoner
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Deal with the Devil
Disappeared Dad
Sacrificial Lion
Sealed Evil in a Can
Ms. Fanservice
The Sociopath
Spiritual Successor
Nice Guy
Scare Chord
Bound and Gagged
Silent Movie
Nice Hat
Star-Crossed Lovers
Grey and Gray Morality
True Companions
Super Strength
Eagleland
Brainless Beauty
Fire-Forged Friends
Final Girl
Punny Name
Fatal Flaw
Epic Movie
Authority Equals Asskicking
Motor Mouth
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Eye Scream
Retcon
The Stoner
An Arm and a Leg
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Line-of-Sight Name
Historical In-Joke
Sinister Minister
Badass Grandpa
Whole Plot Reference
Properly Paranoid
Those Two Bad Guys
Book-Ends
Ambiguously Gay
Chekhov's Gunman
And the Adventure Continues
Sole Survivor
Retired Badass
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Deconstruction
Earn Your Happy Ending
Time Skip
Half the Man He Used to Be
Breaking the Fourth Wall
MayDecember Romance
Say My Name
Despair Event Horizon
Gold Digger
The Starscream
Fan Disservice
Anti-Hero
Fatal Family Photo
Death by Sex
For Want of a Nail
Frame-Up
Sports Stories
Darker and Edgier
Aside Glance
Christmas Movies Index
Curse Cut Short
Horror Comedy
Adapted Out
Reality Ensues
The Casanova
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Easily Forgiven
The Quiet One
Trailers Always Spoil
Hero of Another Story
Break the Haughty
Romantic False Lead
Police are Useless
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Race Against the Clock
Gilligan Cut
Love Triangle
Dressing as the Enemy
Badass Longcoat
The Dreaded
Evil vs. Evil
Italian Films
In the Back
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Horror Films
Dirty Cop
This Is Gonna Suck
Only One Name
Silence Is Golden
Humiliation Conga
Handicapped Badass
Lampshade Hanging
Ambiguous Ending
Fun with Acronyms
Informed Ability
Famous Last Words
Anachronic Order
What Happened to the Mouse?
Reality Has No Subtitles
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Villain Song
Rule of Cool
All Just a Dream
Fake Shemp
Tempting Fate
Double Entendre
Parental Incest
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Gratuitous English