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