Tropescilloscope: Rule of Three

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