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