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