Tropescilloscope: Redshirt Army

Good guy Mooks... or many nameless extras who will die. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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