Tropescilloscope: Made of Explodium

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