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