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