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