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