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