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