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