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