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