Tropescilloscope: Neck Lift

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