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