History Film / Colossal

* AddledAddict: Gloria starts out as a childish, selfish, irresponsible, and destructive drunk who either doesn't know or doesn't care about the effect that her out-of-control drinking has on those around her.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Oscar's arrogant bullying and confidence disappears when Gloria finally stands up to him in the finale, turning him into a pleading wreck.]]

** [[spoiler: Gloria notes that Oscar didn't introduce his "cute" friend Joel to her. It's later confirmed that Oscar really does have designs on Gloria and is protective of them against Joel's interference.]]

** [[spoiler: When Oscar mentions his ex getting bored really quick when he was ready to marry her, along with taking her baby son away with her. Given the revelations later, it's more than likely she left Oscar to protect her son.]]

* HumongousMecha: The giant robot that causes destruction in Seoul. [[spoiler: It also serves as Oscar's monster avatar.]]

* JustDesserts: Averted, however during the finale when [[spoiler: Gloria arrives in Seoul and her Kaiju avatar appears in their hometown and she has Oscar in her grip, the way she roars in his face and menacingly brings him closer to her mouth makes it look as though she is moments away from doing this, however when he starts demanding to be put down and cussing at her she decides to throw him into the the horizon.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: After spending [[KarmaHoudini all his time tormenting and controlling Gloria and making sure he gets his way]], Oscar is killed by Gloria using her monster to pick him up and then throwing him away at high speed.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Once Oscar realizes he can do whatever he wants to her so long as he keeps threatening to destroy Seoul, his abuse towards Gloria isn't just controlling, it's ''degrading''. He assigns her intentionally difficult work at the bar as a means of punishing her, orders her around like a slave, and does so in front of her ex-boyfriend Tim in order to demean her in front of him. He also tries to bully her into drinking, knowing full-well she's trying to quit, and sets off a highly explosive firework in the bar, something he describes as 'the most irresponsible thing you can do', solely to humiliate her further in front of Tim. He eventually evolves to ''literally'' kicking, when he kicks her so hard in the crotch she's unable to stand, just so he can [[ForcedToWatch make her watch]] him destroy Seoul.]]

* NoRomanticResolution: The only real resolution is that Gloria doesn't get with [[spoiler:Oscar, being dead at Gloria's hands no doubt helps]]. Otherwise, [[spoiler:she ultimately hangs up on Tim in Seoul, which implies that she is ending things with him, but nothing is stated explicitly. And we see Joel watching the proceedings in Seoul and smiling when he sees Gloria has won over Oscar, but it's not stated if he plans to try to see her again after essentially ditching her to deal with Oscar]].
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:Oscar. He's essentially an overgrown child prone to temper tantrums and bullying at not getting what he wants.]]

** Tim, who's portrayed as a flawed person whose heart is nonetheless in the right place. He does kick Gloria out (but after waiting for her to change for a year) and later becomes judgmental of her new choices (ostensibly because he's seen her do better as a professional writer, though it's suggested he has some controlling tendencies of his own). And, despite everything, he still cares about her enough to try to get her to get away from [[spoiler:Oscar]]. At the heart of it, he's not a bad dude, so much as one who is utterly frustrated with Gloria's mess of a life and can't help but lecture and complain about it.

* EatenAlive: Averted, however during the finale when [[spoiler: Gloria arrives in Seoul and her Kaiju avatar appears in their hometown and she has Oscar in her grip, the way she roars in his face and menacingly brings him closer to her mouth makes it look as though she is moments away from doing this, however when he starts demanding to be put down and cussing at her she decides to throw him into the the horizon.]]

* EatenAlive: Averted, however during the finale when [[spoiler: Gloria arrives in Seoul and her Kaiju avatar appears in their hometown and she has Oscar in her grip, the way she roars in his face him and menacingly brings him closer to her mouth makes it look as though she is moments away from doing this, however when he starts demanding to be put down and cussing at her she decides to throw him into the the horizon.]]