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