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