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