Tropescilloscope: The Stoic

A character who shows little to no emotion. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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