Tropescilloscope: Historical-Domain Character

People from history that show up in a lot of works. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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