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