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