Tropescilloscope: I Want My Beloved to Be Happy

If I can't have you, fine. Just smile. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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