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