Tropescilloscope: Papa Wolf

Mess with his kids, and he will end you. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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