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