Tropescilloscope: Mythology Gag

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