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