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