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