Tropescilloscope: Shown Their Work

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