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