Tropescilloscope: Madness Mantra

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

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