Tropescilloscope: Insane Troll Logic

A character creates numerous logical fallacies or bizarre leaps in logic. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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