Tropescilloscope: Pretty in Mink

Furs are glamorous, show wealth, and help pretty up a scene. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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