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