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