Tropescilloscope: Taking the Bullet

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

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Retcon Protagonist Title Ship Tease Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Show Within a Show Black Dude Dies First Extreme Doormat Match Cut Riddle for the Ages Would Hit a Girl Unreliable Narrator Greater-Scope Villain Beauty Is Never Tarnished Needs Wiki Magic Love Awesome, but Impractical Japanese Films Token Minority Offscreen Moment of Awesome Drill Sergeant Nasty Running Gag Handicapped Badass Psychological Thriller Pragmatic Adaptation Half the Man He Used to Be Spiteful Spit Leave the Camera Running Costume Porn Stealth Hi/Bye From Bad to Worse Re-Cut Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Parental Substitute The Musical MacGuffin Would Hurt a Child Curb-Stomp Battle All There in the Manual Reasonable Authority Figure Rule of Funny The Faceless Tempting Fate Celebrity Paradox The Mole Dark Is Not Evil Meaningful Echo Cat Fight BFG Star-Crossed Lovers Red Herring Beta Couple Dissonant Serenity Evil-Detecting Dog Evil Is Petty You Killed My Father Honor Before Reason Apocalypse How Call-Back Improvised Weapon The Stinger The Oner The Stoic Wounded Gazelle Gambit Blood from the Mouth Black Comedy Rape Redemption Equals Death No Ending May–December Romance Redshirt Army Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane You Have Failed Me Bad Boss Not What It Looks Like Defiant to the End Reality Is Unrealistic Took a Level in Badass Manly Tears Big-Bad Ensemble Line-of-Sight Name Kids Are Cruel NO INDOOR VOICE Product Placement Once More, with Clarity! 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As You Know Worthy Opponent Arranged Marriage Henpecked Husband An Aesop Death by Adaptation Daylight Horror Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Big Applesauce timeperiod No OSHA Compliance Major Injury Underreaction Intrepid Reporter The Smart Guy My Beloved Smother Every Car Is a Pinto Funny Foreigner Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Credits Gag Random Events Plot Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Punny Name Kubrick Stare As Long as It Sounds Foreign Shout-Out Adaptational Heroism Chase Scene Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Blood Knight Lampshade Hanging Male Gaze Loophole Abuse Take a Third Option Oh, Crap! Villain with Good Publicity Tagline Foil Asshole Victim Adults Are Useless Animal Motifs Important Haircut Freudian Excuse Mundane Made Awesome Hollywood Darkness Manipulative Bastard Insane Troll Logic Jerk with a Heart of Gold World of Ham Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! What Happened to the Mouse? 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Deus ex Machina Evil Brit Vomit Discretion Shot Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Bond Villain Stupidity Blonde, Brunette, Redhead The Lost Lenore The Dreaded Bury Your Gays Authority Equals Asskicking Mind Screw Danny Peary Cult Movies List Whole Plot Reference Eureka Moment Fiery Redhead Bittersweet Ending Dressing as the Enemy Character Development The Big Guy Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Last-Name Basis Unusual Euphemism Not So Above It All Woman in White Deadpan Snarker One Steve Limit "Shaggy Dog" Story Demonic Possession Belligerent Sexual Tension Coming-of-Age Story Humans Are Bastards Rich Bitch He Knows Too Much Gainax Ending Bunny-Ears Lawyer Did Not Get the Girl Chekhov's Gunman Older Than They Look Artistic License – Biology Ambiguous Ending Badass Bookworm The Quiet One Getting Crap Past the Radar Broken Aesop Film Noir Pyrrhic Victory Knight Templar Only a Flesh Wound Too Dumb to Live Non-Indicative Name Kill 'em All Combat Pragmatist Contrived Coincidence The Bully Adaptational Villainy Karma Houdini Demoted to Extra Reality Ensues Translation Convention Naked People Are Funny Adorkable Jerk Jock Anachronic Order Plucky Comic Relief Villain Ball Big Brother Instinct Poor Communication Kills Anachronism Stew Composite Character Bloody Hilarious Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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