Tropescilloscope: Bloodier and Gorier

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