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