Tropescilloscope: Made of Iron

Character is way tougher than possible in Real Life, and there's no fictional reason either. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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