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