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