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