Tropescilloscope: Redshirt Army

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

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