Tropescilloscope: Meet Cute

When two characters' romance begins completely incidentally. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Only One Name Insult Backfire No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Eiffel Tower Effect The X of Y Country Matters One-Man Army Death by Irony Tranquil Fury Brainless Beauty Even Evil Has Standards Car Fu You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Abhorrent Admirer All Girls Want Bad Boys Catapult Nightmare Soft Glass What Happened to the Mouse? You Have Failed Me Awesome, but Impractical Crucified Hero Shot Offscreen Moment of Awesome It's Personal Scare Chord Small Name, Big Ego Double Entendre Shell-Shocked Veteran Historical Villain Upgrade Dirty Cop Dual Wielding Intrepid Reporter Captain Ersatz Adaptation Name Change And Starring Gold Digger This Is Gonna Suck Totally Radical Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Wicked Cultured Never Found the Body Monumental Damage Hong Kong Films Happily Married Darker and Edgier Unusual Euphemism Dirty Old Man Nice Hat Adorkable The Sociopath My Beloved Smother Evil Sounds Deep Mystery and Detective Films Wham Line Paper-Thin Disguise Mama Bear The '50s Improbable Weapon User The Oner Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Belligerent Sexual Tension Amoral Attorney Catch-Phrase Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Early-Bird Cameo Non-Indicative Name Card-Carrying Villain Worthy Opponent Man on Fire Not Quite Dead Psychopathic Manchild Karma Houdini Back from the Dead Betty and Veronica Dwindling Party Expy Dark Action Girl You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Sci-Fi Horror Video Credits Protagonist Title Death by Adaptation The Lancer Children Are Innocent Dutch Angle Face Death with Dignity Drugs Are Bad Married to the Job Beware the Nice Ones Evil vs. Evil Broken Pedestal Never My Fault Combat Pragmatist Super Strength Hero Antagonist No Antagonist Trailers Always Spoil Instant Death Bullet Heel Realization The Vamp Film Noir Index No Ending Vitriolic Best Buds Market-Based Title Establishing Character Moment Only a Flesh Wound Black and Gray Morality Informed Ability Extremely Short Timespan Eldritch Abomination Room Full of Crazy Handicapped Badass Meaningful Background Event Animal Title Index Lampshade Hanging Agony of the Feet Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Heroic BSoD Never Trust a Trailer Jerkass Bilingual Bonus Death Seeker "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Butt-Monkey Chekhov's Skill Fanservice Extra An Arm and a Leg Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Adaptational Badass Red Oni, Blue Oni Black Dude Dies First Manic Pixie Dream Girl The Reveal Authority Equals Asskicking Deal with the Devil Composite Character Big-Bad Ensemble Amusing Injuries Guile Hero Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Nothing Is Scarier The Starscream The Alleged Car Heel–Face Turn Biopic Left the Background Music On NO INDOOR VOICE Those Wacky Nazis Cloudcuckoolander The Place She Cleans Up Nicely Bloodier and Gorier Destination Defenestration The Ace Title Drop Conspicuous CG Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Obstructive Bureaucrat Ripped from the Headlines Canon Foreigner Chase Scene Sole Survivor Insistent Terminology Novelization Shown Their Work Death of a Child Roaring Rampage of Revenge "Well Done, Son!" Guy Yandere Blackmail Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Meaningful Name Badass Grandpa Slashed Throat Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Faux Affably Evil Irony Serial Killer Flipping the Bird Villain with Good Publicity I Have Your Wife Romantic Comedy Failed a Spot Check Henpecked Husband Russian Films Overprotective Dad Lock and Load Montage Straight Gay Serious Business Credits Gag Death by Sex Ungrateful Bastard Adaptational Attractiveness After the End Broken Aesop Accidental Murder Obfuscating Stupidity Artistic License – Gun Safety Revenge Superhero Twist Ending Ass Shove Getting Crap Past the Radar Green-Eyed Monster Adaptation Expansion Bait-and-Switch Faking the Dead Villain Opening Scene Recycled IN SPACE! Our Zombies Are Different Jerk Jock Five-Man Band Evil-Detecting Dog Papa Wolf Undying Loyalty The Stinger Didn't Think This Through Only Sane Man Zombie Stories Leave the Camera Running Works Set in World War II Does Not Like Shoes Wounded Gazelle Gambit Pretty Little Headshots Scary Black Man Eureka Moment Gainax Ending Bound and Gagged Mistaken for Gay Corpsing Adult Fear Fat Bastard Freudian Excuse The Un-Reveal Expository Hairstyle Change Overly Long Gag Villain Protagonist No OSHA Compliance Author Avatar 20 Minutes into the Future Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Parental Neglect Missing Mom What the Hell, Hero? It Will Never Catch On Death Glare Evil Is Hammy Covers Always Lie Antagonist Title As Long as It Sounds Foreign No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Animated Credits Opening Artistic License – Military Diabolus ex Machina Almost Kiss Cassandra Truth Unwitting Instigator of Doom Adaptational Villainy Vampire Fiction Sequel Escalation Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Those Two Bad Guys Dramatic Gun Cock Television Movie Index Only Known by Their Nickname Jump Scare Word of God Red Shirt Parental Substitute Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Our Vampires Are Different La Résistance Major Injury Underreaction Insane Troll Logic Affectionate Parody Ship Tease Time Skip Broken Bird Final Girl All for Nothing