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