Tropescilloscope: Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality

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