Tropescilloscope: Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun

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