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