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