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