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