Tropescilloscope: Real Life Writes the Plot

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