Tropescilloscope: Wretched Hive

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