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