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