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