Tropescilloscope: Italian Films

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