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