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