Tropescilloscope: Works Set in World War II

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