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