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