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