Tropescilloscope: Rule of Three

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