Tropescilloscope: Tempting Fate

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