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