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