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