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