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