Tropescilloscope: Historical In-Joke

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