Tropescilloscope: N-Word Privileges

Specific racial slurs and insults are acceptable within the group they target, but generally not outside. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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