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