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