Tropescilloscope: Word of God

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