Tropescilloscope: Improvised Weapon

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