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