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