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