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