Tropescilloscope: The Hero

The central character who performs heroic deeds with a heroic motivation. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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