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