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