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