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