Tropescilloscope: Setting Update

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