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