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