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