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