Tropescilloscope: Woman in White

She's always important if she dresses entirely in white. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Male Gaze Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Science Fiction Films Bald of Evil Sinister Minister Flipping the Bird As Long as It Sounds Foreign Rewatch Bonus Early Installment Weirdness The End... Or Is It? Adaptation Distillation Stealth Pun Sequel Hook Kick the Son of a Bitch Fantastic Racism Poor Communication Kills Historical In-Joke Ambiguous Disorder Affably Evil Man on Fire Your Cheating Heart For the Evulz Motor Mouth Air-Vent Passageway Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Domestic Abuse Canadian Movies Adaptation Name Change Skewed Priorities Costume Porn Funny Foreigner Boom, Headshot! Once More, with Clarity! Naked People Are Funny Hope Spot Artistic License – Gun Safety Small Name, Big Ego Composite Character No Name Given Big "NO!" All Just a Dream Tap on the Head British Films Martial Arts Movie Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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Is Serious Business Ambiguous Ending Bond Villain Stupidity Fourth Date Marriage Sir Swears-a-Lot The Ace Honor Before Reason No Celebrities Were Harmed Sacrificial Lion Film Noir Neck Snap Black Comedy Rape Bar Brawl I Did What I Had to Do Evil Brit Becoming the Mask Self-Deprecation Jerk Jock Mistaken for Gay Freeze-Frame Bonus Blood from the Mouth Romantic Comedy Heterosexual Life-Partners Flashback Papa Wolf All Men Are Perverts BFG Paper-Thin Disguise Black Comedy Superhero Not Using the "Z" Word Cassandra Truth Mr. Fanservice Corpsing Fainting Determinator Dwindling Party Blood Knight Big Applesauce Outrun the Fireball The Sociopath Ghost Fiction Girl-on-Girl Is Hot May–December Romance Heel Realization Extremely Short Timespan Took a Level in Badass Take a Third Option Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Central Theme Eagleland Woman in White Parental Neglect Gory Discretion Shot Bavarian Fire Drill Smoking Is Cool Slasher Movie Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Reality Is Unrealistic Bottomless Magazines Vampire Fiction Mighty Whitey Crapsack World Ironic Echo Spiritual Successor There Is No Kill Like Overkill Humans Are Bastards Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Match Cut Major Injury Underreaction Retired Badass War Is Hell MacGuffin Animated Credits Opening Heroic Sacrifice Manic Pixie Dream Girl The Smurfette Principle Berserk Button Exact Words Slasher Smile Biopic My God, What Have I Done? 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