Tropescilloscope: Red Oni, Blue Oni

Two characters, one passionate, headstrong and wild (red), and the other level-headed, collected and rational (blue), are associated with each other for contrast. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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