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