Tropescilloscope: Madness Mantra

Insanity leads to constant repetition. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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