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