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