Tropescilloscope: Only Known by Their Nickname

Even if their real name is known, no one uses it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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