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