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