Tropescilloscope: Military and Warfare Films

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