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