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