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