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