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