Tropescilloscope: Scary Black Man

A tall, physically imposing black man who is perceived as intimidating. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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