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