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