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