Tropescilloscope: Rule of Three

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