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