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