Tropescilloscope: Mooks

Evil soldiers that exist for the sole purpose of being mowed over by The Hero. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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