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