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