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