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