Tropescilloscope: Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

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