Tropescilloscope: Shown Their Work

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