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