Tropescilloscope: The Smart Guy

The main brain of The Team. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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