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