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