Tropescilloscope: Improbable Weapon User

This character's Weapon of Choice is usually an Improvised Weapon. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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