Tropescilloscope: Token Minority

Adding a character of a different ethincity, gender or age to the cast in order to make the show appear more diverse. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Badass Bookworm Works Set in World War II Expository Hairstyle Change Funny Background Event Obstructive Bureaucrat Distracted by the Sexy The '90s Fantastic Racism Demoted to Extra Butt-Monkey Adaptational Badass Anachronism Stew Bavarian Fire Drill Show Within a Show Anyone Can Die Dirty Cop Children Are Innocent Totally Radical Knight Templar Beard of Evil Camera Abuse Costume Porn Mighty Whitey Unusually Uninteresting Sight Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Sci-Fi Horror Amusing Injuries Plot Hole Irony Femme Fatale Death Seeker Suddenly SHOUTING! Curse Cut Short Overly Long Gag The Mafia Animated Credits Opening I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Redemption Equals Death Becoming the Mask Throwing Your Sword Always Works Despair Event Horizon Needs Wiki Magic Love NO INDOOR VOICE And Starring Get Out! The Dragon Foil Bloody Hilarious Red Oni, Blue Oni Improbable Weapon User You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Australian Movies Break the Cutie Age Lift Worthy Opponent Accidental Murder Shout-Out Department of Redundancy Department A God Am I In Medias Res Revenge French Films The Un-Reveal Take a Third Option Mad Scientist Author Avatar Famous Last Words Unwitting Instigator of Doom Did Not Get the Girl Slap-Slap-Kiss Closed Circle Does Not Like Shoes Beta Couple Punch-Clock Villain Product Placement Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Naïve Newcomer Villain with Good Publicity As You Know The X of Y Male Gaze Intrepid Reporter Those Two Bad Guys Romantic False Lead Bittersweet Ending Action Survivor Easily Forgiven Gilligan Cut Those Two Guys Actually Pretty Funny The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Jerkass Has a Point Say My Name Evil Is Hammy Rule of Symbolism Earn Your Happy Ending Documentary Book-Ends Big "NO!" 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Is a Crapshoot The Vamp Sealed Evil in a Can Central Theme Spiteful Spit Time Skip Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Psychopathic Manchild Sassy Black Woman Line-of-Sight Name Italian Films BFG Nice Hat Red Eyes, Take Warning Enemy Mine Adaptation Distillation Reality Is Unrealistic Face Death with Dignity British Films Refuge in Audacity Sports Stories Curb-Stomp Battle Even Evil Has Standards Lighter and Softer MacGuffin Evil Plan Bunny-Ears Lawyer Obviously Evil Heterosexual Life-Partners Whole Plot Reference Parental Incest Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Cool Guns Straight Gay Adaptational Villainy Darker and Edgier Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Dumb Blonde Sequel Hook Hypocritical Humor Stuff Blowing Up Bi the Way Fire-Forged Friends Only a Flesh Wound Not Quite Dead Epic Movie Fanservice Eldritch Abomination Deal with the Devil The Great Depression Evil Brit Awesome, but Impractical Pre-Mortem One-Liner Flashback Suspiciously Specific Denial Shoot the Shaggy Dog Not So Stoic Attempted Rape Dark Reprise Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Chiaroscuro Politically Incorrect Villain Slasher Movie Protagonist Title Screw the Money, I Have Rules! 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