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