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