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