Tropescilloscope: Laughing Mad

Laughter as an expression of insanity. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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