Tropescilloscope: Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday

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