Tropescilloscope: Historical In-Joke

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