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