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