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