Tropescilloscope: Lampshade Hanging

Pointing out something within the story, to strengthen the audience's Willing Suspension of Disbelief. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Death Glare Thriller Hooker with a Heart of Gold Black and Gray Morality Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Cold-Blooded Torture Batman Gambit True Companions Casting Gag Italian Films Mama Bear Manchild How We Got Here No-Holds-Barred Beatdown There Is No Kill Like Overkill Character Development The Faceless Pragmatic Villainy As Long as It Sounds Foreign German Films Pyrrhic Victory Big Fancy House Off-into-the-Distance Ending Truth in Television Dissonant Serenity Poor Communication Kills Jump Scare Only One Name Meaningful Name Market-Based Title Epic Movie Japanese Films Politically Incorrect Villain Real Life Properly Paranoid Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Product Placement Bunny-Ears Lawyer Genre Savvy Rasputinian Death Nice Guy Dropped a Bridge on Him Aluminum Christmas Trees Documentary The Power of Love Ambiguously Gay Woman in White Translation Convention Rape as Drama Suspiciously Specific Denial Heterosexual Life-Partners Loads and Loads of Characters Reality Ensues I Did What I Had to Do Fan Disservice Chekhov's Skill Fanservice Kick the Dog Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Back from the Dead You Have Failed Me Anyone Can Die Fantasy Films Dies Wide Open Only Sane Man Cassandra Truth "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Not What It Looks Like Meaningful Echo Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Shower Scene Never Found the Body Large Ham Ship Tease Say My Name Breaking the Fourth Wall Same Language Dub Big Damn Heroes The Load The Dragon Took a Level in Badass Silent Movie Arch-Enemy Bad Boss No OSHA Compliance Friend to All Children Red Herring Bloody Hilarious Whole Plot Reference Trailers Always Spoil The Chessmaster "Well Done, Son!" Guy The Ghost In Medias Res The Cameo Disney Death Sassy Black Woman What Happened to the Mouse? Not Even Bothering with the Accent BFG Decoy Protagonist Leaning on the Fourth Wall Red Oni, Blue Oni Hate Sink Spared by the Adaptation A Minor Kidroduction Rule of Three Stuff Blowing Up Improbable Weapon User Punny Name Our Zombies Are Different Card-Carrying Villain Morality Pet Fingore Bottomless Magazines Riddle for the Ages The Brute Karma Houdini Australian Movies I Need a Freaking Drink Composite Character Crazy Jealous Guy Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Reality Is Unrealistic Nothing Is Scarier The Sociopath Knight Templar Random Events Plot Cluster F-Bomb Rule of Symbolism Not So Stoic Chekhov's Gunman Continuity Nod Auto Erotica Aside Glance Men Are the Expendable Gender Big Bad Duumvirate Sci-Fi Horror Retcon Zombie Stories Hypocritical Humor Maybe Ever After He Knows Too Much Sinister Minister Spiritual Successor Villain with Good Publicity Mythology Gag Mr. Fanservice Parental Neglect Would Hit a Girl The '60s Sealed Evil in a Can Straight Gay Race Against the Clock Groin Attack Award-Bait Song Precision F-Strike Adaptation Distillation Famous Last Words Expy Cain and Abel Mighty Whitey Malevolent Masked Men Major Injury Underreaction Word of God Didn't Think This Through Foil The Musical Unresolved Sexual Tension Anachronic Order Animated Credits Opening Black Dude Dies First Coming-of-Age Story Historical-Domain Character Police are Useless Posthumous Character The X of Y Attempted Rape Jerk with a Heart of Gold Based on a True Story Not So Different Love Triangle Hope Spot Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Gender Flip Stalker with a Crush The Cavalry Evil Is Hammy Once More, with Clarity! Getting Crap Past the Radar She's Got Legs Big "NO!" 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Double Entendre Ms. Fanservice Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Big Brother Instinct Insult Backfire Rule of Funny Bar Brawl Does This Remind You of Anything? Adaptational Badass Sole Survivor '80s Hair Crapsack World Artistic License – Military Artistic License – Biology Blonde, Brunette, Redhead A Father to His Men Mad Scientist Vomit Indiscretion Shot As the Good Book Says... 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Creative Closing Credits Becoming the Mask Slasher Smile Slasher Movie Hypocrite Non-Indicative Name Victoria's Secret Compartment Really Gets Around What You Are in the Dark Depraved Bisexual Plucky Comic Relief B-Movie Twist Ending Leave the Camera Running Jerkass Affectionate Parody Antagonist Title Improvised Weapon Double-Meaning Title Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Early Installment Weirdness Beard of Evil Smoking Is Cool Offscreen Moment of Awesome Parental Abandonment Dull Surprise One-Man Army Here We Go Again! 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Better to Die than Be Killed Ironic Echo Canon Foreigner Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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