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