Tropescilloscope: Rule of Cool

We can accept that something is unrealistic, as long as it's very cool. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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