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