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