Tropescilloscope: Protagonist Title

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

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