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