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