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