Tropescilloscope: Tempting Fate

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