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