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