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