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