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