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