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