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