Tropescilloscope: Italian Films

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