Tropescilloscope: Hollywood Law

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