Tropescilloscope: Room Full of Crazy

Writing on the walls shows obsession. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Narrator Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Freeze-Frame Bonus Historical-Domain Character Abusive Parents Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Super Strength Bowdlerise Large Ham 20 Minutes into the Future I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Jitter Cam Obstructive Bureaucrat Anti-Villain Department of Redundancy Department Documentary Male Gaze Real Life Writes the Plot Due to the Dead Mexican Standoff Zombie Stories Bolivian Army Ending The Bad Guy Wins Title Drop Unusually Uninteresting Sight "Well Done, Son!" Guy Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Actually Pretty Funny Only One Name Rape as Drama My Beloved Smother Never Trust a Trailer Older Than They Look Reality Ensues Blatant Lies Alpha Bitch Made of Explodium Bad Boss The Cameo Room Full of Crazy Break the Cutie Very Loosely Based on a True Story Kick the Son of a Bitch And the Adventure Continues Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Evil Sounds Deep Heroes Want Redheads No-Sell Totally Radical Random Events Plot Leaning on the Fourth Wall Mighty Whitey Wham Shot Storming the Castle Scare Chord Eiffel Tower Effect Cool Old Lady Based on a True Story Green-Eyed Monster Wicked Cultured Death by Adaptation More Dakka Manipulative Bastard As You Know Getting Crap Past the Radar Retired Badass Tap on the Head Men Are the Expendable Gender Artistic License – Biology No Antagonist German Films Lock and Load Montage Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Not What It Looks Like Offscreen Teleportation Jump Scare The '70s Humans Are Bastards Cassandra Truth Hate Sink Determinator aka: The Determinator Up to Eleven Evil Brit Roaring Rampage of Revenge Improbable Aiming Skills Adaptation Expansion Implacable Man Wrong Genre Savvy Crazy-Prepared Slashed Throat Actor Allusion Badass Grandpa Twist Ending Spanner in the Works Never Found the Body The Quiet One The Un-Reveal Pragmatic Adaptation Mercy Kill Visual Pun Adaptational Villainy Artistic License – History Handicapped Badass The '80s Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Horror Comedy Arc Words Bury Your Gays Made of Iron Celebrity Paradox Fantasy Films Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Country Matters Vomit Indiscretion Shot In Medias Res Frame-Up Evil Plan Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Five-Man Band Break the Haughty Interrupted Suicide Poor Communication Kills Author Appeal Fanservice Extra Idiot Ball True Companions Well-Intentioned Extremist Non-Indicative Name Extreme Doormat Calling the Old Man Out The Mole Stealth Hi/Bye Chekhov's Skill Abhorrent Admirer Berserk Button Lighter and Softer MacGuffin Danny Peary Cult Movies List Vitriolic Best Buds Aside Glance Love at First Sight Dull Surprise Sequel Escalation Breaking the Fourth Wall Bunny-Ears Lawyer Double-Meaning Title Black Dude Dies First Last-Name Basis Adaptational Heroism Call-Forward Big Bad Christmas Movies Index Superhero Sir Swears-a-Lot The Lost Lenore Genre Shift Heel–Face Turn Knight Templar Foil Dirty Old Man Arch-Enemy Mystery and Detective Films Bi the Way Unspoken Plan Guarantee Dwindling Party Advertised Extra Shout-Out The Smart Guy Suspiciously Specific Denial Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Contrived Coincidence The Hero Dies Unreliable Narrator Punctuated! For! Emphasis! In the Back You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Self-Deprecation Big-Bad Ensemble Laser-Guided Karma Action Genre Irony Darkest Hour Slasher Smile The Dragon Shower Scene Humiliation Conga I Did What I Had to Do "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Woman in White Exactly What It Says on the Tin Hooker with a Heart of Gold Refuge in Audacity Obviously Evil No Name Given An Aesop Star-Crossed Lovers Disney Villain Death Peek-a-Boo Corpse Logo Joke Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Framing Device Bloodless Carnage Disguised in Drag Cool Old Guy Demonic Possession No OSHA Compliance Bond Villain Stupidity Overprotective Dad Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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Or Is It? Funny Background Event Curb-Stomp Battle Guile Hero Red Right Hand Cool Guns Brother–Sister Incest Dark Is Not Evil Setting Update Action Girl Conspicuous CG Everyone Has Standards Stalker with a Crush Big Fancy House Evil vs. Evil Cloudcuckoolander Facial Horror Never My Fault This Is Gonna Suck Defiant to the End Dark Reprise Adaptational Badass Villain Opening Scene Only a Flesh Wound Historical In-Joke Villain Ball Word of God Empathic Environment She's Got Legs Pimped-Out Dress Kick the Dog All There in the Manual "Awesome McCool" Name Get Out! Pragmatic Villainy Big "NO!" All Just a Dream Expy The Smurfette Principle Meaningful Echo Depraved Bisexual Adults Are Useless Butt-Monkey Book-Ends Faux Affably Evil Death Glare Russian Films Male Frontal Nudity The Stoic And I Must Scream Badass Normal Obfuscating Stupidity Blood Knight Dark Action Girl Real Life He Knows Too Much Fantastic Racism It's Personal Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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Is a Crapshoot The Musical Fourth Date Marriage Grievous Bottley Harm Small Name, Big Ego Sci-Fi Horror Dropped a Bridge on Him Those Wacky Nazis Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Disproportionate Retribution Age Lift Loophole Abuse Hoist by His Own Petard Married to the Job Mind Screw Animated Credits Opening Adaptation Dye-Job Spiritual Successor Shown Their Work Ironic Echo Politically Incorrect Villain Neck Lift Damsel in Distress Despair Event Horizon Dramatic Gun Cock Insult Backfire Ambiguous Disorder Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane You Killed My Father The Power of Love Scenery Gorn Military and Warfare Films Together in Death Psycho for Hire Attempted Rape Sadistic Choice Cruel and Unusual Death Faking the Dead Bloodier and Gorier Ripped from the Headlines Adaptation Name Change Auto Erotica Hidden Depths Hero Antagonist Groin Attack Asshole Victim Training Montage It Will Never Catch On Bloody Hilarious Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Manchild Shell-Shocked Veteran Red Herring timeperiod Have a Gay Old Time The Sociopath Deliberate Values Dissonance Mad Scientist Evil Is Petty Dying Moment of Awesome The Bully Reckless Gun Usage The Cavalry Card-Carrying Villain Demoted to Extra Black Comedy Rape Take a Third Option Camera Abuse Chase Scene Dramedy Spared by the Adaptation Guns Akimbo Tempting Fate Fate Worse than Death A Father to His Men Developing Doomed Characters Punch-Clock Villain Bilingual Bonus Suspiciously Similar Substitute Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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