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