Tropescilloscope: Stuff Blowing Up

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