Tropescilloscope: Homage

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