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