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