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