Tropescilloscope: Taking the Bullet

Shielding someone with your own body. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Took a Level in Badass Papa Wolf Nice Guy Action Girl Vomit Discretion Shot Twist Ending Spared by the Adaptation German Films Superhero Awesome, but Impractical Pre-Mortem One-Liner A Minor Kidroduction Handicapped Badass Anti-Hero Femme Fatale And I Must Scream Random Events Plot Brick Joke Slasher Smile Mystery and Detective Films Works Set in World War II Be Careful What You Wish For Dumb Blonde Mad Scientist Department of Redundancy Department Cain and Abel Villain Song Television Movie Index Tap on the Head Mood Whiplash Camp Gay The Cavalry Darkest Hour As Long as It Sounds Foreign Cool Car The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite The '50s Rule of Cool Deadpan Snarker The '60s Horror Comedy Eyepatch of Power Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Chekhov's Skill Dissonant Serenity Mythology Gag Super Strength Rich Bitch Alpha Bitch Death Glare My Beloved Smother Adaptation Expansion Not Using the "Z" Word Cat Scare Captain Ersatz Hair-Trigger Temper Playing Gertrude Hypocrite Same Language Dub Undying Loyalty Vitriolic Best Buds Stealth Hi/Bye Bar Brawl Epic Fail Badass Grandpa The Faceless Ship Tease Meaningful Echo Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome The Stoner Sci-Fi Horror No OSHA Compliance Would Hit a Girl Diabolus ex Machina Better to Die than Be Killed Psychological Thriller Unusually Uninteresting Sight Up to Eleven Red Oni, Blue Oni What You Are in the Dark Mama Bear Contrived Coincidence Becoming the Mask Kick the Son of a Bitch Italian Films Adaptational Heroism Peek-a-Boo Corpse Beta Couple Chuck Cunningham Syndrome The Starscream Beard of Evil No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Spiritual Successor Off with His Head! 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Determinator Man on Fire Hooker with a Heart of Gold The Smurfette Principle Older Than They Look Expository Hairstyle Change Chekhov's Gun Drugs Are Bad Sequel Escalation Villain Opening Scene Fantastic Racism Auto Erotica Fanservice Blackmail The Hero Dies Big Bad Manic Pixie Dream Girl Retired Badass Lock and Load Montage Half the Man He Used to Be Sinister Minister Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Kick the Dog Evil Is Petty Smug Snake Self-Deprecation Boom, Headshot! No Celebrities Were Harmed Beware the Nice Ones Foregone Conclusion Mexican Standoff You Have Failed Me Never Trust a Trailer Exactly What It Says on the Tin Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping The End... Or Is It? 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Guy Sanity Slippage Only One Name Military and Warfare Films Rule of Symbolism The Film of the Book Toplessness from the Back Stealth Pun Heterosexual Life-Partners Actor Allusion Irony Call-Back Jerk Jock Posthumous Character '80s Hair Faking the Dead Morality Pet Oh, Crap! Character Development The Lost Lenore Catapult Nightmare Trailers Always Spoil Not So Different Deliberately Monochrome Punny Name The Ghost Unspoken Plan Guarantee The Smart Guy Sassy Black Woman Corpsing Big Damn Heroes The Great Depression He Knows Too Much Damsel in Distress Blatant Lies Blood from the Mouth Ominous Latin Chanting Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Dramatic Gun Cock Enemy Mine Those Two Bad Guys May–December Romance The Big Guy War Is Hell Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality NO INDOOR VOICE Brutal Honesty Romantic Comedy Christmas Movies Index Everyone Has Standards Properly Paranoid Music Stories Historical Villain Upgrade Have a Gay Old Time Dull Surprise Eldritch Abomination Shown Their Work Intergenerational Friendship Spiteful Spit French Films Downer Ending Outrun the Fireball Big-Bad Ensemble Get Out! 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