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