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