Tropescilloscope: Spiritual Successor

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