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