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