Tropescilloscope: Insane Troll Logic
A character creates numerous logical fallacies or bizarre leaps in logic. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Fun with Acronyms
Implacable Man
Biopic
Crazy Jealous Guy
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
NO INDOOR VOICE
Improbable Aiming Skills
Big Fancy House
Rich Bitch
Accidental Murder
Good Is Not Nice
As the Good Book Says...
Kids Are Cruel
Informed Ability
Crazy-Prepared
The Alcoholic
Camp Gay
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Neck Snap
Karmic Death
Decoy Protagonist
Crapsack World
Homage
Dirty Cop
Fake Shemp
Evil vs. Evil
Gone Horribly Right
Rule of Funny
Framing Device
Hate Sink
Pragmatic Villainy
Be Careful What You Wish For
Soundtrack Dissonance
The Starscream
Femme Fatale
Canon Foreigner
Stock Footage
Knight Templar
Slashed Throat
Mooks
A Date with Rosie Palms
Exact Words
Villain Song
The Dragon
Every Car Is a Pinto
Jerkass
Yandere
Gratuitous English
Our Zombies Are Different
Ominous Latin Chanting
No OSHA Compliance
Running Gag
Creative Closing Credits
Adorkable
Dirty Coward
20 Minutes into the Future
Epic Movie
Hell Is That Noise
Disappeared Dad
Bring My Brown Pants
The End... Or Is It?
Meet Cute
And Starring
Riddle for the Ages
Ungrateful Bastard
A.I. 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
HeelFace 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
BrotherSister 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
MayDecember 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
FaceHeel 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
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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