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