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