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