Tropescilloscope: Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality

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