Tropescilloscope: The Cavalry

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

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Hate Sink Aside Glance Failed a Spot Check The Reveal Demonic Possession Creative Closing Credits Brainless Beauty Friend to All Children Four-Temperament Ensemble Rated M for Manly Have a Gay Old Time Everyone Has Standards Creator Cameo Recycled IN SPACE! Final Girl The Starscream Due to the Dead Affectionate Parody Big Applesauce Martial Arts Movie French Films Animal Title Index Dark Reprise Important Haircut Refuge in Audacity Naked People Are Funny Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Evil Is Petty Slasher Movie The Atoner Mama Bear Defrosting Ice Queen Improbable Aiming Skills Big Damn Heroes Hidden Depths Corpsing You Killed My Father Pretty in Mink Coming-of-Age Story Bunny-Ears Lawyer Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Be Careful What You Wish For Fish out of Water Small Name, Big Ego "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Light Is Not Good No Name Given Serial Killer Eagleland Those Two Guys Race Against the Clock Freeze-Frame Bonus Darkest Hour The Power of Love Downer Ending Punch-Clock Villain Reality Ensues Foil Those Wacky Nazis Man on Fire Sequel Hook Those Two Bad Guys Improbable Weapon User Throwing Your Sword Always Works Parental Abandonment Empathic Environment Immune to Bullets He Knows Too Much Berserk Button Neck Lift Trailers Always Spoil Exact Words Not So Stoic Stepford Smiler Aluminum Christmas Trees The Smurfette Principle Disappeared Dad Music Stories Slap-Slap-Kiss Film Noir Index Depraved Bisexual Disguised in Drag "Well Done, Son!" Guy Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Frame-Up Beware the Nice Ones Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Ms. Fanservice From Nobody to Nightmare Death by Irony Badass Boast Captain Obvious Worthy Opponent Faux Affably Evil The Lancer Big Brother Instinct Death Glare Italian Films Blood from the Mouth Armor-Piercing Question Blood Knight Sir Swears-a-Lot Bring My Brown Pants Agony of the Feet Reality Has No Subtitles Big Bad Duumvirate "The Reason You Suck" Speech Meaningful Echo Bilingual Bonus Earn Your Happy Ending Shown Their Work Retirony Insult Backfire Not Using the "Z" Word Time Skip Kubrick Stare Non-Indicative Name Death Seeker Large Ham Chiaroscuro Silent Movie Fourth Date Marriage Ghost Fiction Missing Mom Wham Shot Names to Run Away from Really Fast Male Frontal Nudity Cowboy Cop Undying Loyalty Drill Sergeant Nasty Mood Whiplash Foregone Conclusion Male Gaze Pyrrhic Victory Christmas Movies Index Boom, Headshot! The '80s MacGuffin Distracted by the Sexy The Ace Suddenly SHOUTING! 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Is Serious Business Camp Gay Cluster F-Bomb Mind Screw The Ditz 20 Minutes into the Future No OSHA Compliance In Name Only Sole Survivor Adorkable Insane Troll Logic Death by Sex An Axe to Grind Adaptational Attractiveness Action Genre Sacrificial Lion Age Lift Sexy Discretion Shot Red Right Hand Dull Surprise Only Sane Man Expository Hairstyle Change Extreme Doormat Running Gag Laughing Mad Badass Grandpa The Quiet One Suspiciously Specific Denial Scenery Porn Scenery Gorn Better to Die than Be Killed The Un-Reveal Together in Death Mercy Kill No Good Deed Goes Unpunished It Can Think Tranquil Fury Smoking Is Cool Adaptation Name Change Abusive Parents Hell Is That Noise Rule of Cool Bowdlerise The Oner Cool Old Lady Chekhov's Skill Black and Gray Morality Amoral Attorney Ripped from the Headlines Hero of Another Story Oh, Crap! Suspiciously Similar Substitute Lampshade Hanging One Steve Limit The Load Big Fancy House Video Credits Arranged Marriage Ambiguous Ending Ironic Echo Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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Real Life Writes the Plot Face–Heel Turn Retired Badass Disney Death Shout-Out Kids Are Cruel Retcon Overly Long Gag Drugs Are Bad Femme Fatale Mythology Gag Every Car Is a Pinto Guns Akimbo Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Needs Wiki Magic Love Artistic License – Biology Sealed Evil in a Can Dark Is Not Evil Ominous Latin Chanting Would Hurt a Child Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Brother–Sister Incest Evil Laugh Real Life Accidental Misnaming Evil Sounds Deep Bad Boss Bar Brawl The '50s Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Victoria's Secret Compartment Shut Up, Hannibal! Kick the Son of a Bitch Say My Name Gainax Ending Animated Credits Opening Leitmotif Historical In-Joke You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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As You Know Psycho for Hire Only One Name Love at First Sight Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Offscreen Moment of Awesome Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Very Loosely Based on a True Story Stock Footage And the Adventure Continues Epic Fail Dramatic Gun Cock Freudian Excuse Funny Foreigner Never Trust a Trailer Protagonist Title Pragmatic Villainy Pretty Little Headshots Redemption Equals Death Wicked Cultured Conspicuous CG Same Language Dub No Ending Abhorrent Admirer Dramatic Irony Training Montage Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Stylistic Suck The Brute Off-into-the-Distance Ending Villainous Breakdown Costume Porn Big Eater Vacation Films Major Injury Underreaction Bittersweet Ending Lock and Load Montage Humiliation Conga I Did What I Had to Do "Awesome McCool" Name Air-Vent Passageway Hollywood Darkness Back from the Dead Broken Aesop Fat Bastard Imagine Spot timeperiod Wounded Gazelle Gambit An Arm and a Leg Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Villain Song Corrupt Corporate Executive Slasher Smile There Is No Kill Like Overkill Artistic License – Geography Broken Bird Double Entendre Canadian Movies Celebrity Paradox Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Heel–Face Turn Anachronism Stew Beard of Evil Fate Worse than Death Taking You with Me Heroic BSoD Rape as Drama Central Theme Epic Movie Good Is Not Nice Our Zombies Are Different Combat Pragmatist Russian Films Bloodless Carnage Narrator Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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Is a Crapshoot Sports Stories Rule of Symbolism Manic Pixie Dream Girl Truth in Television La Résistance Sadistic Choice Black Best Friend Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Artistic License – Law Framing Device Jerk with a Heart of Gold Ship Tease Crucified Hero Shot Break the Haughty A God Am I Mooks Slashed Throat Wrong Genre Savvy Redshirt Army Artistic License – Physics Toplessness from the Back Despair Event Horizon Hollywood Law Motor Mouth Roaring Rampage of Revenge Thriller Bare Your Midriff Early-Bird Cameo Sanity Slippage Almost Kiss Flashback Does This Remind You of Anything? Straight Gay Actor Allusion Karmic Death Nice Hat Domestic Abuse Skewed Priorities Action Survivor Totally Radical Early Installment Weirdness It's Personal Accidental Murder Apocalypse How Camera Abuse Dirty Old Man Composite Character Shirtless Scene Establishing Character Moment Body Horror Take That! As Long as It Sounds Foreign Double-Meaning Title Evil vs. Evil Dual Wielding Black Comedy My Beloved Smother Cool Shades Loads and Loads of Characters Adult Fear Brutal Honesty Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Australian Movies Casting Gag More Dakka My Greatest Failure War Is Hell Covers Always Lie Film Noir Bad "Bad Acting" Evil Is Hammy Well-Intentioned Extremist Death of a Child What Happened to the Mouse? The Mole Dutch Angle Anti-Hero Screw This, I'm Outta Here! No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Match Cut Precision F-Strike The '90s Posthumous Character Handicapped Badass Self-Deprecation Didn't Think This Through Mad Scientist Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Big Bad Historical Villain Upgrade Guile Hero Made of Iron Daddy's Girl Cold-Blooded Torture Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Instant Death Bullet Reckless Gun Usage Vomit Discretion Shot Bury Your Gays Made of Explodium Pet the Dog Gory Discretion Shot Bolivian Army Ending Mystery and Detective Films Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Random Events Plot Deconstruction Obviously Evil Vitriolic Best Buds Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Children Are Innocent Genre Throwback Gone Horribly Right Red Oni, Blue Oni Whole Plot Reference Eiffel Tower Effect Sci-Fi Horror Anti-Villain The '70s Never Found the Body Serious Business Broken Pedestal Adaptation Dye-Job Enemy Mine What the Hell, Hero? 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