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