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