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