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