Tropescilloscope: Mama Bear

Mess with her kids, and she will kill you. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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