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