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