Tropescilloscope: Storming the Castle

The assault on the Big Bad's home base. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Small Name, Big Ego Fantastic Racism More Dakka Humiliation Conga Sole Survivor Pyrrhic Victory Politically Incorrect Villain Tempting Fate Television Movie Index Ambiguously Gay Pre-Mortem One-Liner Imagine Spot Market-Based Title Reality Has No Subtitles Failed a Spot Check Sequel Hook The Great Depression Good Is Not Nice Broken Pedestal As You Know He Knows Too Much You Killed My Father Depraved Bisexual Make It Look Like an Accident Fantasy Films Brick Joke Extremely Short Timespan "Well Done, Son!" Guy A Minor Kidroduction The Stoner Parental Incest Big "NO!" 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Pretty Little Headshots Honor Before Reason Lock and Load Montage Hollywood Law Scenery Gorn Well-Intentioned Extremist No OSHA Compliance It's All About Me Arch-Enemy Big Damn Heroes Butt-Monkey Race Lift O.O.C. Is Serious Business Ascended Extra Major Injury Underreaction Deal with the Devil Psycho for Hire Mexican Standoff Ghost Fiction Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Authority Equals Asskicking Curse Cut Short Vacation Films Jerk Jock Mystery and Detective Films You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Dropped a Bridge on Him Hypocritical Humor Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Stealth Hi/Bye Idiot Ball Not Even Bothering with the Accent Product Placement What the Hell, Hero? 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Horror Comedy The Sociopath MacGuffin Malevolent Masked Men Hong Kong Films Artistic License – Biology Heroes Want Redheads Sinister Minister Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy A God Am I Knight Templar Demoted to Extra You Have Failed Me Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Body Horror The Dragon Mugging the Monster This Is Gonna Suck Shout-Out Overly Long Gag Anachronism Stew Department of Redundancy Department Reality Is Unrealistic The Oner Motor Mouth Rule of Funny Retired Badass Award-Bait Song Developing Doomed Characters The Lost Lenore Stepford Smiler Canadian Movies Evil Plan I Need a Freaking Drink Dark Is Not Evil Same Language Dub Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Earn Your Happy Ending Recycled IN SPACE! 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Kubrick Stare Diabolus ex Machina Not What It Looks Like Training Montage Celebrity Paradox One-Word Title The Bully Adults Are Useless Would Hurt a Child Nothing Is Scarier Those Two Bad Guys No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Continuity Nod Breaking the Fourth Wall I'm a Humanitarian Shown Their Work Re-Cut Mighty Whitey Lampshade Hanging All There in the Script How We Got Here Black and Gray Morality The Hero Dies Improbable Aiming Skills Animal Motifs Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Red Shirt Sexy Discretion Shot Composite Character And I Must Scream Blackmail Ship Tease The Smart Guy Domestic Abuse Chase Scene Oh, Crap! She's Got Legs Precision F-Strike Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Reality Ensues Wounded Gazelle Gambit Drugs Are Bad Reckless Gun Usage Even Evil Has Standards Adaptation Distillation Show Within a Show Victoria's Secret Compartment Ominous Latin Chanting Driven to Suicide Broken Bird French Films Beta Couple Sequel Escalation Papa Wolf Demonic Possession Heel–Face Turn Apocalypse How Captain Obvious Male Gaze Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Amusing Injuries Needs Wiki Magic Love Bunny-Ears Lawyer Asshole Victim Hope Spot Immune to Bullets Villain Song The Faceless Dark Action Girl Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Neck Snap Combat Pragmatist Belligerent Sexual Tension Stylistic Suck Ironic Echo Cat Scare Bland-Name Product Bullying a Dragon Canon Foreigner Overprotective Dad 20 Minutes into the Future Shell-Shocked Veteran Shut Up, Hannibal! And Starring Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Empathic Environment La Résistance The Reveal Author Appeal Scenery Porn Properly Paranoid No-Holds-Barred Beatdown B-Movie Determinator aka: The Determinator Coming-of-Age Story Heroic BSoD Catch-Phrase Gorn Eldritch Abomination Villain Opening Scene The '60s Mythology Gag Author Avatar Eureka Moment Storming the Castle Really Gets Around Black Comedy Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Evil Sounds Deep Gold Digger For Want of a Nail Death by Irony The '90s Handicapped Badass Sadistic Choice Rape as Drama Creator Cameo Have a Gay Old Time The Film of the Book Action Survivor Brainless Beauty Punch-Clock Villain Double Entendre Brother–Sister Incest Love at First Sight Slap-Slap-Kiss Match Cut Unwitting Instigator of Doom Large Ham Stealth Pun Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Parental Neglect Evil Is Hammy Mercy Kill Eagleland Kids Are Cruel Plot Hole A.I. Is a Crapshoot