Tropescilloscope: The Great Depression
Set during the 1930s/The Great Depression, joe! (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Artistic License Military
Crapsack World
Christmas Movies Index
Drives Like Crazy
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Fun with Acronyms
Artistic License Physics
Homage
Even Evil Has Standards
Character Development
Silent Movie
Armor-Piercing Question
Not So Stoic
Rule of Cool
Rasputinian Death
Adaptational Villainy
Dressing as the Enemy
Never Found the Body
Annoying Younger Sibling
Shout-Out
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Vacation Films
Slasher Movie
Jitter Cam
Big Bad Duumvirate
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Super Strength
FaceHeel Turn
Damsel in Distress
She's Got Legs
Stepford Smiler
Crazy-Prepared
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Maybe Ever After
Redemption Equals Death
Reality Is Unrealistic
Funny Foreigner
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Death Seeker
Manchild
Male Gaze
Mythology Gag
Captain Obvious
Japanese Films
Ass Shove
Blatant Lies
B-Movie
All There in the Script
The Dog Bites Back
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Sequel Hook
Creator Cameo
Alas, Poor Villain
Facial Horror
Affably Evil
The Quiet One
Soundtrack Dissonance
Cold-Blooded Torture
Love at First Sight
And Starring
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Kick the Dog
Light Is Not Good
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Age Lift
Anyone Can Die
Pragmatic Villainy
Sadistic Choice
Market-Based Title
The Cavalry
Bond Villain Stupidity
Fanservice Extra
Cassandra Truth
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
In Name Only
The Place
Made of Explodium
Scenery Porn
Canadian Movies
Death by Adaptation
Rewatch Bonus
The Sociopath
Frame-Up
Decoy Protagonist
Gratuitous English
Dual Wielding
Bilingual Bonus
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Car Fu
Grievous Bottley Harm
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Corpsing
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Chekhov's Gun
A God Am I
Love Triangle
Reasonable Authority Figure
Politically Incorrect Villain
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
The Smart Guy
The Dragon
The Starscream
Expository Hairstyle Change
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Refuge in Audacity
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Taking the Bullet
Unreliable Narrator
Continuity Nod
Eagleland
Really Gets Around
All There in the Manual
Deadpan Snarker
Fatal Family Photo
Non-Indicative Name
Big Damn Heroes
Covers Always Lie
Disguised in Drag
Stock Footage
Bloody Hilarious
Anti-Hero
The Load
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Coming-of-Age Story
Training Montage
Closed Circle
Dwindling Party
Dramatic Gun Cock
Obviously Evil
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Big Fancy House
Didn't Think This Through
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Adult Fear
Depraved Bisexual
Badass Longcoat
Bait-and-Switch
Parental Neglect
Death Glare
Eldritch Abomination
Despair Event Horizon
Show Within a Show
Good Is Not Nice
Major Injury Underreaction
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Guns Akimbo
Dramedy
Establishing Character Moment
Fanservice
Hell Is That Noise
Friend to All Children
Take That!
Double-Meaning Title
Dirty Coward
Riddle for the Ages
Cool Car
Took a Level in Badass
Better to Die than Be Killed
Intrepid Reporter
Psychological Thriller
Arranged Marriage
As the Good Book Says...
Hero of Another Story
Re-Cut
Cool Guns
Evil Brit
Not What It Looks Like
Black Dude Dies First
Domestic Abuse
Camera Abuse
Award-Bait Song
Real Life
Truth in Television
Stalker with a Crush
Sacrificial Lion
Not Quite Dead
Dark Action Girl
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Curse Cut Short
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Ambiguous Ending
How We Got Here
Bottomless Magazines
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Henpecked Husband
Ironic Echo
The Ghost
Karma Houdini
A Father to His Men
Hidden Depths
Destination Defenestration
Not Using the "Z" Word
British Films
Central Theme
Australian Movies
Russian Films
What You Are in the Dark
As Himself
Video Credits
Heterosexual Life-Partners
MacGuffin
Flipping the Bird
Logo Joke
Put on a Bus
Gender Flip
Crazy Jealous Guy
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Fantastic Racism
Genre Shift
Revenge
Fish out of Water
Meaningful Name
Martial Arts Movie
Mexican Standoff
Punny Name
Extreme Doormat
Black Comedy Rape
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Famous Last Words
Fan Disservice
Villainous Breakdown
Beard of Evil
Manipulative Bastard
The Power of Love
Retirony
Downer Ending
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Villain Song
Double Entendre
Creative Closing Credits
Laughing Mad
Wicked Cultured
Those Two Guys
Only Sane Man
No-Sell
HeelFace Turn
Gory Discretion Shot
Rule of Funny
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Bullying a Dragon
Precision F-Strike
Man on Fire
My God, What Have I Done?
Time Skip
Have a Gay Old Time
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Cluster F-Bomb
Offscreen Teleportation
Product Placement
Hope Spot
Trailers Always Spoil
Fantasy Films
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Obfuscating Stupidity
Undying Loyalty
Imagine Spot
Deconstruction
Works Set in World War II
Novelization
Take a Third Option
Bald of Evil
Cool Old Guy
Five-Man Band
Eiffel Tower Effect
Hong Kong Films
The Voiceless
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Plot Hole
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Knife Nut
Black and Gray Morality
Author Appeal
Darkest Hour
Romantic Comedy
Funny Background Event
Everyone Has Standards
Those Wacky Nazis
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
One Steve Limit
The Lancer
Comically Missing the Point
Psychopathic Manchild
Final Girl
Developing Doomed Characters
Reality Ensues
Make It Look Like an Accident
Large Ham
Once More, with Clarity!
'80s Hair
Your Cheating Heart
Blood Knight
The Ace
Important Haircut
Cain and Abel
Adaptation Expansion
Back from the Dead
Beware the Nice Ones
Insane Troll Logic
Hero Antagonist
Took a Level in Jerkass
French Films
Not So Above It All
Jerkass Has a Point
Documentary
Big Brother Instinct
From Nobody to Nightmare
Vomit Discretion Shot
Spiritual Successor
Mr. Fanservice
Race Against the Clock
Drugs Are Bad
Dark Reprise
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Wrong Genre Savvy
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Star-Crossed Lovers
NO INDOOR VOICE
Television Movie Index
Bar Brawl
Index of Film Westerns
Affectionate Parody
Police Brutality
Mystery and Detective Films
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Mundane Made Awesome
Mooks
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Rousing Speech
As You Know
One-Man Army
N-Word Privileges
The Mole
Air-Vent Passageway
Big Bad
Deliberately Monochrome
Left the Background Music On
Call-Back
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Becoming the Mask
Loophole Abuse
Red Right Hand
Pimped-Out Dress
Auto Erotica
Gilligan Cut
Disproportionate Retribution
Irony
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Straight Gay
Chekhov's Gunman
Loads and Loads of Characters
Broken Aesop
Cat Scare
Defiant to the End
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Horror Comedy
Celebrity Paradox
Historical In-Joke
Properly Paranoid
Psycho for Hire
Vitriolic Best Buds
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Spanner in the Works
Race Lift
The Dreaded
Brick Joke
Romantic False Lead
Eureka Moment
Actor Allusion
War Is Hell
The Vamp
Artistic License Biology
Badass Normal
Adapted Out
Face Death with Dignity
Woman in White
Naked People Are Funny
Setting Update
Woman Scorned
In the Back
My Greatest Failure
What Happened to the Mouse?
Big Eater
Rule of Three
Blood from the Mouth
Scary Black Man
Red Herring
Humans Are Bastards
The '80s
Knight Templar
Sole Survivor
Jerkass
The Un-Reveal
Jump Scare
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Idiot Ball
Slasher Smile
Fate Worse than Death
Cat Fight
Bare Your Midriff
Animated Credits Opening
Kids Are Cruel
Failed a Spot Check
Honor Before Reason
Heroes Want Redheads
Morality Pet
Film Noir
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Tagline
Blackmail
Genre Savvy
Motor Mouth
German Films
Evil Sounds Deep
Wham Line
Antagonist Title
Dark Is Not Evil
Darker and Edgier
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Alpha Bitch
Hoist by His Own Petard
The Stinger
Death of a Child
Ungrateful Bastard
Historical-Domain Character
Immune to Bullets
Jerk Jock
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Eye Scream
Scare Chord
Action Girl
Mistaken for Gay
Casting Gag
Sanity Slippage
Science Fiction Films
Beta Couple
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Worthy Opponent
Our Vampires Are Different
Overprotective Dad
Mr. Exposition
Freudian Excuse
Hypocritical Humor
Distracted by the Sexy
It Can Think
True Companions
Diabolus ex Machina
Bloodless Carnage
It Will Never Catch On
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Never Trust a Trailer
Bi the Way
Pretty Little Headshots
The Casanova
No Ending
Mood Whiplash
Stylistic Suck
Asshole Victim
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Country Matters
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
The Bad Guy Wins
Informed Ability
Adults Are Useless
Bowdlerise
Authority Equals Asskicking
He Who Fights Monsters
Translation Convention
Bond One-Liner
Word of God
Monumental Damage
Anguished Declaration of Love
Match Cut
Fat Bastard
Anti-Villain
Chekhov's Skill
Sports Stories
Dies Wide Open
Villain Ball
Cloudcuckoolander
Neck Snap
The '60s
Happily Married
Card-Carrying Villain
The Cameo
Recycled IN SPACE!
One-Word Title
The Musical
Credits Gag
Author Avatar
Fourth Date Marriage
Same Language Dub
Demonic Possession
Faux Affably Evil
Catapult Nightmare
Bavarian Fire Drill
Mighty Whitey
From Bad to Worse
Oh, Crap!
Instant Death Bullet
Stuff Blowing Up
Shown Their Work
And I Must Scream
Bloodier and Gorier
Bury Your Gays
Fainting
An Aesop
World of Ham
The '50s
Butt-Monkey
Conspicuous CG
Bad "Bad Acting"
Malevolent Masked Men
Token Minority
Horror Films
Cowboy Cop
Chiaroscuro
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Brainless Beauty
Mama Bear
Betty and Veronica
Big Applesauce
Due to the Dead
Broken Pedestal
Bolivian Army Ending
Driven to Suicide
Based on a True Story
Off with His Head!
Would Hurt a Child
Sci-Fi Horror
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Implacable Man
Deal with the Devil
Sinister Minister
Children Are Innocent
Alliterative Name
Catch-Phrase
Artistic License Geography
Big-Bad Ensemble
Title Drop
Creepy Child
Fatal Flaw
Hypocrite
Last-Name Basis
Badass Grandpa
Artistic License Gun Safety
Canon Foreigner
The Great Depression
Adorkable
Historical Hero Upgrade
Daylight Horror
Did Not Get the Girl
The Smurfette Principle
Black Best Friend
Composite Character
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
All Girls Want Bad Boys
The Stoic
Nothing Is Scarier
Film Noir Index
Let's Get Dangerous!
Mercy Kill
The Film of the Book
Humiliation Conga
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
He Knows Too Much
Kill It with Fire
Together in Death
Gold Digger
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
A Date with Rosie Palms
Agony of the Feet
Combat Pragmatist
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Taking You with Me
My Beloved Smother
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Whole Plot Reference
Villain Protagonist
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Parental Incest
The Lost Lenore
Parental Substitute
Smug Snake
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Dogged Nice Guy
Curb-Stomp Battle
The Big Guy
All Just a Dream
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Dutch Angle
Accidental Murder
Manly Tears
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Outrun the Fireball
No Name Given
Bland-Name Product
Anachronism Stew
Almost Kiss
Storming the Castle
Green-Eyed Monster
Wretched Hive
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Room Full of Crazy
Crucified Hero Shot
Action Survivor
Babies Ever After
Batman Gambit
Leave the Camera Running
Those Two Bad Guys
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Retired Badass
Vampire Fiction
Awesome, but Impractical
Spiteful Spit
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
A Minor Kidroduction
Totally Radical
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Rule of Symbolism
It's All About Me
Mugging the Monster
The Hero Dies
Be Careful What You Wish For
Improbable Aiming Skills
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Stealth Pun
Our Zombies Are Different
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
This Is Gonna Suck
Tap on the Head
Real Life Writes the Plot
Line-of-Sight Name
Animal Motifs
Empathic Environment
Spared by the Adaptation
The Remake
The Alleged Car
Black Comedy
Pay Evil unto Evil
Adaptational Badass
Unusual Euphemism
Up to Eleven
The Brute
Parental Abandonment
Papa Wolf
Here We Go Again!
I Have Your Wife
Epic Fail
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Animal Title Index
The Reveal
Biopic
The Chessmaster
Artistic License History
Mad Scientist
No Antagonist
The Mafia
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
You Killed My Father
Early-Bird Cameo
Does This Remind You of Anything?
The '90s
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Meet Cute
Calling the Old Man Out
Arch-Enemy
Historical Villain Upgrade
Scenery Gorn
Only Known by Their Nickname
Flashback
Overly Long Gag
Stealth Hi/Bye
Married to the Job
Body Horror
Fingore
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Thriller
Noodle Incident
Berserk Button
Attempted Rape
Apocalypse How
Dirty Old Man
Badass in a Nice Suit
Laser-Guided Karma
Break the Haughty
Soft Glass
Gone Horribly Right
Department of Redundancy Department
Slashed Throat
Twist Ending
Foreshadowing
Evil Laugh
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Bittersweet Ending
Camp Gay
BrotherSister Incest
Never My Fault
Artistic License Law
Meaningful Echo
Ascended Extra
An Arm and a Leg
Death by Irony
Sexy Discretion Shot
Amoral Attorney
For the Evulz
Evil Is Hammy
Italian Films
Adaptation Distillation
Neck Lift
Sassy Black Woman
Nice Hat
Epic Movie
Every Car Is a Pinto
Madness Mantra
The Alcoholic
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Rape as Drama
Heroic BSoD
Dissonant Serenity
Dumb Blonde
Random Events Plot
Shirtless Scene
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Chewing the Scenery
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Kubrick Stare
Suspiciously Specific Denial
You Have Failed Me
Only a Flesh Wound
The '70s
Killed Mid-Sentence
Call-Forward
Foil
Toplessness from the Back
Dirty Cop
The Oner
Badass Boast
Ominous Latin Chanting
Accidental Misnaming
Book-Ends
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Bound and Gagged
Pyrrhic Victory
Big "NO!"
Sequel Escalation
Zombie Stories
Villain with Good Publicity
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Running Gag
Retcon
Dark and Troubled Past
Military and Warfare Films
And the Adventure Continues
Dull Surprise
Adaptational Attractiveness
More Dakka
Older Than They Look
Groin Attack
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Interrupted Suicide
La Résistance
Genre Throwback
Ambiguous Disorder
Fake Shemp
Not So Different
Self-Deprecation
Expy
Early Installment Weirdness
Protagonist Title
Redshirt Army
Spell My Name with an "S"
All Men Are Perverts
Nice Guy
Advertised Extra
Faking the Dead
Evil Counterpart
Playing Gertrude
Pet the Dog
No OSHA Compliance
Pragmatic Adaptation
Wham Shot
Handicapped Badass
Evil Plan
Get Out!
The Chick
The Stoner
Punch-Clock Villain
Demoted to Extra
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Kill 'em All
An Axe to Grind
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Say My Name
Heroic Sacrifice
20 Minutes into the Future
Intergenerational Friendship
Ripped from the Headlines
Evil vs. Evil
Broken Bird
Insult Backfire
Adaptational Heroism
Badass Bookworm
Mind Screw
What the Hell, Hero?
Fiery Redhead
Poor Communication Kills
Only One Name
Silence Is Golden
Easily Forgiven
Hate Sink
Does Not Like Shoes
Enemy Mine
Cool Shades
Hollywood Law
Amusing Injuries
Serious Business
Improbable Weapon User
Framing Device
Superhero
Hollywood Darkness
The Bully
Deus ex Machina
Extremely Short Timespan
Disney Villain Death
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Captain Ersatz
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Grey and Gray Morality
Action Prologue
Karmic Death
Yandere
Red Shirt
Fire-Forged Friends
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Visual Pun
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Heel Realization
Shipper on Deck
Aside Glance
For Want of a Nail
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Rated M for Manly
Public Domain Feature Films
Made of Iron
Villain Opening Scene
Improvised Weapon
Naïve Newcomer
Anachronic Order
Shower Scene
Boom, Headshot!
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Ambiguously Gay
Dying Moment of Awesome
Adaptation Name Change
All for Nothing
Male Frontal Nudity
Foregone Conclusion
Abusive Parents
Small Name, Big Ego
Skewed Priorities
Drowning My Sorrows
Earn Your Happy Ending
The End... Or Is It?
Daddy's Girl
Evil Is Petty
Ax-Crazy
Eyepatch of Power
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Cool Old Lady
Only in It for the Money
BFG
Reality Has No Subtitles
Death by Sex
I Did What I Had to Do
Determinator
Leitmotif
Ship Tease
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Break the Cutie
Contrived Coincidence
Half the Man He Used to Be
Posthumous Character
Adaptation Dye-Job
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Abhorrent Admirer
Gorn
The Faceless
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Sealed Evil in a Can
Disappeared Dad
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Lampshade Hanging
It's Personal
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Disney Death
I Need a Freaking Drink
Actually Pretty Funny
Cruel and Unusual Death
Exact Words
Missing Mom
Femme Fatale
The Atoner
Lighter and Softer
Bring My Brown Pants
MayDecember Romance
Brutal Honesty
Plucky Comic Relief
Guile Hero
Too Dumb to Live
Lock and Load Montage
Would Hit a Girl
Action Genre
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Smoking Is Cool
Arc Words
Tranquil Fury
Meaningful Background Event
She Cleans Up Nicely
I'm a Humanitarian
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Tempting Fate
Ghost Fiction
Serial Killer
Pretty in Mink
Insistent Terminology
"Awesome McCool" Name
Rich Bitch
Police are Useless
After the End
Film Series
Defrosting Ice Queen
The Ditz
Dramatic Irony
Ms. Fanservice
Greater-Scope Villain
Hair-Trigger Temper
Moment Killer
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Chase Scene
Costume Porn
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Narrator
Bad Boss
In Medias Res
Gainax Ending
The X of Y
Reckless Gun Usage
Music Stories
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Your Head A-Splode
Evil-Detecting Dog
Paper-Thin Disguise
The Hero