Tropescilloscope: Hong Kong Films

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