Tropescilloscope: Romantic Comedy

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