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