Tropescilloscope: Taking the Bullet

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

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