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