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