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