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