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