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