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