Tropescilloscope: Psychopathic Manchild

A crazy person with all the strength/intellect of an adult and the innocence of a child. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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