Tropescilloscope: Novelization

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