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