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