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