Tropescilloscope: Insistent Terminology

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