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