Tropescilloscope: Implacable Man

A villainous Determinator, with the toughness to back it up. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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