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