Tropescilloscope: Skewed Priorities

Worrying about something unimportant instead of what's more important. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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