Tropescilloscope: Those Wacky Nazis

They were very bad guys. But really crazy ones. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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