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