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