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