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