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