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