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