Tropescilloscope: World of Ham

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