Tropescilloscope: Plucky Comic Relief

A character whose main purpose is comedy. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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