Tropescilloscope: Only Sane Man

The one rational character in a group of weirdos. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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