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