Tropescilloscope: Manchild

Childish adult. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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