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