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