Tropescilloscope: Honor Before Reason

Doing what's right, even if it's foolish. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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