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