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