Tropescilloscope: Hong Kong Films

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