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