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