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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Is a Crapshoot Irony Sir Swears-a-Lot No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Big Fancy House Chekhov's Skill The Stoic Crazy-Prepared Truth in Television Dissonant Serenity Curse Cut Short Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Greater-Scope Villain Nothing Is Scarier One-Word Title Half the Man He Used to Be Didn't Think This Through Big "NO!" Babies Ever After Pimped-Out Dress Fourth Date Marriage Translation Convention Make It Look Like an Accident Mythology Gag Cluster F-Bomb Psychopathic Manchild Early-Bird Cameo Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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Evil Is Petty As You Know Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Fiery Redhead Redemption Equals Death Shower Scene Daylight Horror Stylistic Suck Stepford Smiler Never Found the Body Hate Sink Villain Song Stealth Pun Framing Device She Cleans Up Nicely Faking the Dead Call-Forward Mystery and Detective Films A Date with Rosie Palms Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Freeze-Frame Bonus Destination Defenestration Casting Gag Cassandra Truth Determinator aka: The Determinator Chuck Cunningham Syndrome The Reveal Captain Obvious Oh, Crap! Bare Your Midriff Good Is Not Nice Dramatic Irony Overprotective Dad Never Trust a Trailer Ambiguous Disorder Would Hit a Girl Cool Shades timeperiod Karma Houdini Italian Films Psychological Thriller Dual Wielding Fake Shemp Dogged Nice Guy Parental Abandonment Earn Your Happy Ending Gender Flip He Knows Too Much Freudian Excuse Disney Villain Death Mr. Exposition Honor Before Reason Lock and Load Montage Artistic License – History Our Vampires Are Different Belligerent Sexual Tension It Will Never Catch On Japanese Films NO INDOOR VOICE Cowboy Cop Missing Mom Vomit Discretion Shot Your Head A-Splode Fat Bastard Fish out of Water Fun with Acronyms Historical In-Joke Apocalypse How Creator Cameo Undying Loyalty Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Knight Templar Parental Incest What the Hell, Hero? Flipping the Bird Suddenly SHOUTING! More Dakka Visual Pun Hope Spot The Chessmaster Eiffel Tower Effect Taking You with Me Exact Words Reckless Gun Usage Get Out! I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Monumental Damage Obstructive Bureaucrat Green-Eyed Monster Cat Fight '80s Hair Police are Useless Bavarian Fire Drill Jerkass Has a Point The Dreaded Children Are Innocent Action Genre Vitriolic Best Buds The Place He Who Fights Monsters Deadpan Snarker Hong Kong Films Determinator Intrepid Reporter The Stinger Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Manic Pixie Dream Girl Laser-Guided Karma Almost Kiss Karmic Death Death Seeker It Can Think Cloudcuckoolander Slashed Throat Unusual Euphemism The Dog Bites Back Bond Villain Stupidity Lighter and Softer Shell-Shocked Veteran Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Artistic License – Military Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Face Death with Dignity Empathic Environment Silence Is Golden Scary Black Man War Is Hell Bilingual Bonus Adaptation Expansion Adaptational Attractiveness Attempted Rape Adaptational Villainy Artistic License – Geography Historical-Domain Character No Antagonist Butt-Monkey Hair-Trigger Temper Russian Films Madness Mantra Vacation Films Heroic Sacrifice Historical Villain Upgrade Disappeared Dad Fatal Family Photo Fingore Nice Hat As Long as It Sounds Foreign Loads and Loads of Characters The Smurfette Principle Gory Discretion Shot Rich Bitch Dull Surprise Actually Pretty Funny Scare Chord Manly Tears Tagline Adaptational Badass