Tropescilloscope: One-Man Army

One warrior with the strength of many. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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