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