Tropescilloscope: Neck Lift

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