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