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