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