Tropescilloscope: O.O.C. Is Serious Business

They don't always act out of character. But when they do... something's wrong. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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The Load Large Ham Hooker with a Heart of Gold Fourth Date Marriage Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Death Glare Eureka Moment Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Famous Last Words Pay Evil unto Evil Evil Brit Superhero Captain Ersatz Blood Knight An Axe to Grind Cool Guns Parental Abandonment Product Placement Jerkass Has a Point 20 Minutes into the Future Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Bound and Gagged Humiliation Conga Villainous Breakdown Cold-Blooded Torture Not What It Looks Like Dogged Nice Guy Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Epilogue Japanese Films Cruel and Unusual Death Break the Cutie Crazy Jealous Guy Freeze-Frame Bonus Heroic Sacrifice Crapsack World Stock Footage Men Are the Expendable Gender Villain Protagonist It's Personal Gratuitous English Overprotective Dad Cool Shades Covers Always Lie The Brute Beard of Evil Red Shirt Affably Evil Arranged Marriage Plot Hole Scary Black Man Christmas Movies Index Chekhov's Gun Brainless Beauty Villain Opening Scene Training Montage Air-Vent Passageway Pragmatic Adaptation Our Zombies Are Different Have a Gay Old Time And Starring Bunny-Ears Lawyer Hate Sink Sealed Evil in a Can Pyrrhic Victory Punch-Clock Villain Refuge in Audacity Translation Convention Ripped from the Headlines Knight Templar Mistaken for Gay Let's Get Dangerous! Death Seeker Wretched Hive Never My Fault Music Stories Missing Mom Psychopathic Manchild "Well Done, Son!" Guy French Films The Un-Reveal For Want of a Nail What the Hell, Hero? Match Cut True Companions Improvised Weapon Tap on the Head Documentary Animal Title Index Mugging the Monster A.I. Is a Crapshoot Same Language Dub Karmic Death The Bad Guy Wins Shirtless Scene Rated M for Manly Dumb Blonde Insistent Terminology Costume Porn Bare Your Midriff Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Artistic License – Gun Safety Took a Level in Badass Loophole Abuse Defrosting Ice Queen Hong Kong Films Spell My Name with an "S" Naïve Newcomer The '90s Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Early-Bird Cameo A Minor Kidroduction Diabolus ex Machina Parental Substitute Artistic License – Geography Determinator aka: The Determinator The '70s Bottomless Magazines Only One Name The Voiceless Those Two Bad Guys Red Right Hand Scenery Gorn Artistic License – Physics Badass Grandpa Fantasy Films Names to Run Away from Really Fast Adaptation Dye-Job Hypocrite Fantastic Racism The Stoic Film Noir Index Storming the Castle The Great Depression Manic Pixie Dream Girl You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Half the Man He Used to Be Major Injury Underreaction Sinister Minister Eye Scream Rule of Cool Manchild Took a Level in Jerkass Properly Paranoid Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Jump Scare My Greatest Failure Dressing as the Enemy Suspiciously Specific Denial Deliberate Values Dissonance Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Video Credits Adaptation Name Change Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Not So Different Bolivian Army Ending The Power of Love Big Brother Instinct No Name Given Kubrick Stare Blonde, Brunette, Redhead The Ghost Five-Man Band Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Dies Wide Open Eldritch Abomination Non-Indicative Name Actor Allusion Vitriolic Best Buds Beware the Nice Ones The Cavalry Dark Reprise Imagine Spot Babies Ever After Composite Character Demoted to Extra Historical In-Joke Early Installment Weirdness Protagonist Title Dwindling Party MacGuffin Blood from the Mouth Your Cheating Heart Slap-Slap-Kiss Immune to Bullets You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Hoist by His Own Petard Heel Realization No Ending Oh, Crap! Worthy Opponent Batman Gambit Posthumous Character Funny Foreigner Hollywood Law Thriller The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Roaring Rampage of Revenge Vomit Indiscretion Shot Anachronism Stew Action Prologue Very Loosely Based on a True Story Authority Equals Asskicking A Date with Rosie Palms Kick the Son of a Bitch Four-Temperament Ensemble Epic Fail Maybe Ever After Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Obstructive Bureaucrat Beta Couple Heterosexual Life-Partners Biopic Fish out of Water Parental Neglect Real Life Straight Gay Dirty Old Man '80s Hair Author Avatar Police Brutality Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Dutch Angle Big Eater Mythology Gag Psychological Thriller The Film of the Book Anti-Hero Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Big "NO!" The Lost Lenore Artistic License – Law Eyepatch of Power Evil Is Hammy Older Than They Look Monumental Damage Brother–Sister Incest German Films Animated Credits Opening Death by Adaptation Madness Mantra Killed Mid-Sentence Bloody Hilarious Screw the Money, I Have Rules! And I Must Scream Real Life Writes the Plot Last-Name Basis How We Got Here Rule of Symbolism Fate Worse than Death Redshirt Army Only in It for the Money Sir Swears-a-Lot Love Triangle Big Fancy House Twist Ending "The Reason You Suck" Speech Intrepid Reporter Even Evil Has Loved Ones Disney Villain Death Rape as Drama As Long as It Sounds Foreign Good Is Not Nice Dual Wielding Self-Deprecation British Films Shower Scene Does Not Like Shoes Calling the Old Man Out Woman Scorned Adaptational Villainy Animal Motifs Fingore Dropped a Bridge on Him Depraved Bisexual Ascended Extra Room Full of Crazy Mighty Whitey The Lancer From Nobody to Nightmare Failed a Spot Check Better to Die than Be Killed Neck Lift Cloudcuckoolander Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Romantic False Lead Adaptation Expansion Jerkass Token Minority The Vamp Dramatic Gun Cock Historical-Domain Character Comically Missing the Point Conspicuous CG Mundane Made Awesome Off with His Head! 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Historical Hero Upgrade Scare Chord Only Sane Man Mama Bear He Who Fights Monsters Unusually Uninteresting Sight In Medias Res Politically Incorrect Villain Slasher Smile Dramedy Psycho for Hire Catapult Nightmare Defiant to the End Evil Is Petty Military and Warfare Films Nice Hat The Chick Every Car Is a Pinto Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Arc Words Armor-Piercing Question Not Using the "Z" Word Big Bad Duumvirate Wounded Gazelle Gambit Fan Disservice One-Man Army As the Good Book Says... 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Reality Ensues Gold Digger Adapted Out Fatal Family Photo Black and Gray Morality Arch-Enemy Sequel Escalation Hypocritical Humor Adaptational Attractiveness Retirony Informed Ability Spanner in the Works Loads and Loads of Characters Man on Fire "Shaggy Dog" Story Rewatch Bonus Not So Stoic Soft Glass Screw the Rules, I Have Money! She's Got Legs Car Fu Crazy-Prepared Death by Sex Unwitting Instigator of Doom One-Word Title Really Gets Around It Can Think Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Exactly What It Says on the Tin Beauty Is Never Tarnished The Oner Bittersweet Ending The Faceless Horror Comedy Unusual Euphemism The Dog Bites Back Setting Update The X of Y Retired Badass Reckless Gun Usage Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other The End... Or Is It? Male Gaze Amusing Injuries Eagleland Jerk Jock Distracted by the Sexy Deus ex Machina Chekhov's Gunman Cluster F-Bomb Villain with Good Publicity Mind Screw Put on a Bus Those Wacky Nazis Grey and Gray Morality Public Domain Feature Films Ax-Crazy All There in the Manual Ms. Fanservice Sci-Fi Horror Hollywood Darkness Laser-Guided Karma The Atoner Face Death with Dignity Curb-Stomp Battle Bar Brawl Serial Killer Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Friend to All Children Final Girl Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Silent Movie Offscreen Teleportation Evil-Detecting Dog Genre Savvy Adaptational Badass Pet the Dog Guile Hero Didn't Think This Through Damsel in Distress It Will Never Catch On Establishing Character Moment Bilingual Bonus Horror Films Revenge Exact Words Together in Death Mercy Kill The '50s Interrupted Suicide Flashback Brutal Honesty Dirty Coward Asshole Victim No Celebrities Were Harmed The Dragon Corrupt Corporate Executive Manly Tears Insane Troll Logic I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Soundtrack Dissonance Demonic Possession Instant Death Bullet Black Best Friend Left the Background Music On Bond One-Liner Noodle Incident Chase Scene Dark and Troubled Past Shoot the Shaggy Dog Never Found the Body Undying Loyalty Closed Circle Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The '80s Line-of-Sight Name Black Dude Dies First Death of a Child This Is Gonna Suck Action Survivor Overly Long Gag Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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Heel–Face Turn Evil Counterpart Call-Back Unreliable Narrator A God Am I Adorkable Be Careful What You Wish For Works Set in World War II Sacrificial Lion All Just a Dream Camp Gay Breaking the Fourth Wall Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Meaningful Background Event There Is No Kill Like Overkill Faux Affably Evil Karma Houdini Action Girl Those Two Guys Police are Useless Shown Their Work Character Development Card-Carrying Villain Romantic Comedy Framing Device Cowboy Cop Stealth Hi/Bye Affectionate Parody Race Lift The Hero Dies Improbable Aiming Skills Evil Plan The Dreaded Irony Hope Spot I Did What I Had to Do Bloodless Carnage Take a Third Option Disney Death Anyone Can Die Villain Ball Slashed Throat Badass Bookworm The Starscream Evil Sounds Deep Continuity Nod Running Gag Heroic BSoD Alas, Poor Villain Advertised Extra Shout-Out Playing Gertrude Empathic Environment Dark Is Not Evil Stalker with a Crush Lighter and Softer Bad "Bad Acting" Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Italian Films Say My Name Mood Whiplash Male Frontal Nudity Disappeared Dad Never Trust a Trailer Television Movie Index Foreshadowing Spiteful Spit Determinator Author Appeal Here We Go Again! 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Sexy Discretion Shot Big Bad Does This Remind You of Anything? Gone Horribly Right Epic Movie Due to the Dead Not So Above It All Zombie Stories Accidental Misnaming Sassy Black Woman Handicapped Badass Visual Pun Shut Up, Hannibal! Meaningful Echo Everyone Has Standards Light Is Not Good Cat Scare Moment Killer Wrong Genre Savvy Action Genre Artistic License – Military No Antagonist Off-into-the-Distance Ending Children Are Innocent No-Sell Call-Forward Up to Eleven Chewing the Scenery Contrived Coincidence Extreme Doormat Expository Hairstyle Change