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