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