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