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