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