Tropescilloscope: Random Events Plot

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