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