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