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