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