Tropescilloscope: Badass Longcoat

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