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