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