Tropescilloscope: The Musical

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