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