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