Tropescilloscope: Protagonist Title

When the name of the main protagonist is title of their series (read more at tvtropes.org)

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