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