Tropescilloscope: Hong Kong Films

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