Tropescilloscope: The Cavalry

Reinforcements for a last-second dramatic rescue of the heroes. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is Serious Business Eiffel Tower Effect No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Vacation Films Knight Templar Offscreen Moment of Awesome '80s Hair Imagine Spot Gone Horribly Right Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Wretched Hive Once More, with Clarity! Femme Fatale Reckless Gun Usage Undying Loyalty Loophole Abuse Rewatch Bonus Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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Too Dumb to Live Monumental Damage I'm a Humanitarian Horror Comedy Almost Kiss Dark Reprise Whole Plot Reference Peek-a-Boo Corpse Russian Films Ambiguously Gay Big Brother Instinct Sinister Minister Covers Always Lie Film Noir Neck Lift A Minor Kidroduction Blackmail Punch-Clock Villain Chekhov's Gunman All There in the Script Facial Horror Artistic License – Law It Will Never Catch On Posthumous Character Every Car Is a Pinto Happily Married Works Set in World War II Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Big Bad Duumvirate You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Groin Attack Ungrateful Bastard Eldritch Abomination The Alleged Car My God, What Have I Done? 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Meaningful Name From Nobody to Nightmare Death by Adaptation Neck Snap Hero of Another Story Betty and Veronica Crazy Jealous Guy An Axe to Grind Science Fiction Films Outrun the Fireball The Casanova Love Triangle Foreshadowing Catch-Phrase Stealth Pun Bury Your Gays Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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You Have Failed Me Christmas Movies Index Face–Heel Turn Improbable Weapon User Artistic License – Geography Character Development And I Must Scream Deadpan Snarker Tap on the Head Naked People Are Funny Time Skip Back from the Dead Vitriolic Best Buds Mighty Whitey Alliterative Name Shipper on Deck Shout-Out Nice Guy Running Gag Cat Fight The Remake In Medias Res Early-Bird Cameo Hooker with a Heart of Gold Adult Fear Only One Name Cloudcuckoolander Book-Ends Camp Gay Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Big Fancy House Public Domain Feature Films French Films Easily Forgiven Humiliation Conga The Mafia War Is Hell Butt-Monkey Scenery Porn Crapsack World Put on a Bus Cool Car Artistic License – Gun Safety Wicked Cultured Plot Hole Morality Pet Slasher Movie Brick Joke Asshole Victim The Sociopath Gilligan Cut Anti-Hero Off with His Head! 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Demoted to Extra Deliberately Monochrome Needs Wiki Magic Love Not So Different Show Within a Show Lighter and Softer The Dreaded Film Noir Index Biopic Evil Is Hammy Irony Hypocritical Humor No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Blood Knight Never Trust a Trailer Suspiciously Specific Denial Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Sexy Discretion Shot Agony of the Feet Zombie Stories Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Catapult Nightmare Leave the Camera Running Based on a True Story Jitter Cam Heel–Face Turn Beard of Evil Not Using the "Z" Word Mystery and Detective Films Country Matters The Atoner And Starring Homage Hong Kong Films Domestic Abuse Arc Words Pragmatic Villainy Brainless Beauty Thriller Alas, Poor Villain Not So Above It All Break the Haughty Music Stories Corpsing Scary Black Man Unusually Uninteresting Sight Narrator Kill 'em All Beauty Is Never Tarnished The Reveal Double Entendre Daddy's Girl Anguished Declaration of Love Killed Mid-Sentence Plucky Comic Relief Deconstruction Adorkable Male Gaze Due to the Dead Poor Communication Kills The Stinger She Cleans Up Nicely Non-Indicative Name Ghost Fiction Action Girl Grey and Gray Morality All Just a Dream Half the Man He Used to Be Take That! 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