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