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