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