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