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