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