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