Tropescilloscope: Australian Movies

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