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