Tropescilloscope: '80s Hair
Hairstyles from the 1980s (i.e., big, poofy bouffants, Joe Piscopo-style man perms, jheri curls, crimped ponytails on teenaged girls, mullets, mohawks, etc) (read more at tvtropes.org )
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The Place
Dull Surprise
Freudian Excuse
Would Hit a Girl
Fanservice
Silent Movie
Dramatic Irony
Brutal Honesty
Narrator
The Ghost
Evil Counterpart
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Guns Akimbo
Reckless Gun Usage
Film Series
Karmic Death
Mighty Whitey
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Red Shirt
MayDecember Romance
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Boom, Headshot!
Antagonist Title
Drugs Are Bad
The Load
Dumb Blonde
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Artistic License Geography
Whole Plot Reference
Catch-Phrase
Shower Scene
Meaningful Echo
Rated M for Manly
Adorkable
Berserk Button
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Put on a Bus
Re-Cut
Card-Carrying Villain
Death Glare
Rich Bitch
Spared by the Adaptation
Annoying Younger Sibling
Didn't Think This Through
Paper-Thin Disguise
Villain Song
A Date with Rosie Palms
NO INDOOR VOICE
Bottomless Magazines
Adaptational Villainy
Papa Wolf
Wham Shot
Historical-Domain Character
The '90s
Ambiguously Gay
Shipper on Deck
Canon Foreigner
My God, What Have I Done?
I Need a Freaking Drink
Adaptation Distillation
Refuge in Audacity
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Scenery Porn
Fingore
Black Dude Dies First
Artistic License Law
Cool Old Guy
Too Dumb to Live
Karma Houdini
Handicapped Badass
Film Noir
Japanese Films
In the Back
Male Frontal Nudity
Punny Name
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Totally Radical
Bolivian Army Ending
Beta Couple
From Nobody to Nightmare
Defiant to the End
Bad "Bad Acting"
Attempted Rape
Fake Shemp
The Dog Bites Back
Retired Badass
Bond One-Liner
Dark Reprise
Novelization
Setting Update
You Have Failed Me
Epic Movie
Kubrick Stare
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Morality Pet
Documentary
Black Comedy Rape
Works Set in World War II
Interrupted Suicide
Male Gaze
Parental Neglect
The '50s
Fourth Date Marriage
Random Events Plot
Big Brother Instinct
Police Brutality
Mexican Standoff
Department of Redundancy Department
Amusing Injuries
Rule of Symbolism
The '80s
An Aesop
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
It's Personal
The Dreaded
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Psychopathic Manchild
Despair Event Horizon
The Smurfette Principle
Enemy Mine
Villain Ball
Pragmatic Adaptation
BrotherSister Incest
Posthumous Character
Sequel Escalation
Rousing Speech
War Is Hell
Action Survivor
Monumental Damage
Australian Movies
Fun with Acronyms
What You Are in the Dark
Big "NO!"
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Dutch Angle
Contrived Coincidence
Anachronism Stew
BFG
Adaptation Expansion
Woman Scorned
I Did What I Had to Do
Fate Worse than Death
Sacrificial Lion
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Demoted to Extra
Pimped-Out Dress
Adapted Out
Costume Porn
Mood Whiplash
Broken Aesop
Horror Comedy
Creator Cameo
Determinator
Adaptational Heroism
The Chick
Psychological Thriller
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Heroic Sacrifice
Never Trust a Trailer
Alpha Bitch
Vampire Fiction
Those Two Bad Guys
Fatal Family Photo
The Hero
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Improbable Weapon User
Video Credits
Half the Man He Used to Be
Straight Gay
Canadian Movies
Accidental Misnaming
Butt-Monkey
Nice Guy
Exact Words
Bullying a Dragon
Broken Bird
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Artistic License Military
Hate Sink
Evil Is Hammy
Affectionate Parody
Big-Bad Ensemble
Manly Tears
Hypocritical Humor
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Your Head A-Splode
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Meaningful Background Event
Curse Cut Short
The Smart Guy
Deadpan Snarker
Jerk Jock
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Depraved Bisexual
Humans Are Bastards
The Quiet One
Auto Erotica
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Pyrrhic Victory
Mercy Kill
I'm a Humanitarian
Real Life Writes the Plot
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Married to the Job
Demonic Possession
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Chiaroscuro
Deliberately Monochrome
Meaningful Name
Plot Hole
Eyepatch of Power
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Blatant Lies
Bowdlerise
Author Appeal
Bad Boss
Training Montage
Dies Wide Open
Adult Fear
Actually Pretty Funny
Revenge
Bring My Brown Pants
Bald of Evil
Ass Shove
Award-Bait Song
Television Movie Index
HeelFace Turn
Cool Shades
Artistic License Biology
Silence Is Golden
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Gone Horribly Right
Our Vampires Are Different
Word of God
Truth in Television
Black Comedy
Genre Savvy
The Brute
The Faceless
Noodle Incident
Ironic Echo
Celebrity Paradox
Ambiguous Disorder
Hope Spot
Arranged Marriage
Reasonable Authority Figure
Woman in White
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Becoming the Mask
Market-Based Title
Bland-Name Product
Daddy's Girl
Fire-Forged Friends
No Name Given
It's All About Me
Domestic Abuse
Hollywood Law
Instant Death Bullet
Blackmail
More Dakka
Our Zombies Are Different
Adaptational Attractiveness
Extremely Short Timespan
Curb-Stomp Battle
Retcon
Obfuscating Stupidity
Big Eater
Naked People Are Funny
Ship Tease
Artistic License Physics
Retirony
Early-Bird Cameo
MacGuffin
The Voiceless
Beware the Nice Ones
The Ditz
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Took a Level in Badass
Music Stories
Age Lift
Wrong Genre Savvy
The Film of the Book
Jerkass
Bloodless Carnage
Foregone Conclusion
Femme Fatale
Small Name, Big Ego
Hidden Depths
Ominous Latin Chanting
B-Movie
A Father to His Men
Fantasy Films
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Neck Snap
Outrun the Fireball
Knight Templar
Sanity Slippage
Time Skip
All There in the Script
As You Know
Disguised in Drag
Action Genre
Body Horror
Insane Troll Logic
Evil Plan
In Name Only
Moment Killer
Cluster F-Bomb
Romantic Comedy
All Just a Dream
Product Placement
Spiteful Spit
Guile Hero
Advertised Extra
Kill It with Fire
Rasputinian Death
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
An Arm and a Leg
Closed Circle
Cat Fight
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Developing Doomed Characters
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
20 Minutes into the Future
Does Not Like Shoes
Green-Eyed Monster
'80s Hair
Bi the Way
Darkest Hour
Race Against the Clock
Alliterative Name
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Rule of Three
The Casanova
Anti-Villain
Redshirt Army
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Vomit Discretion Shot
Camp Gay
Intergenerational Friendship
Mama Bear
Once More, with Clarity!
One-Word Title
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Large Ham
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Amoral Attorney
Evil-Detecting Dog
Establishing Character Moment
Cool Old Lady
The Great Depression
Death by Irony
Stalker with a Crush
Central Theme
Shown Their Work
Air-Vent Passageway
Not So Stoic
Covers Always Lie
Man on Fire
The Lancer
Adaptation Dye-Job
No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Dragon
Eiffel Tower Effect
Martial Arts Movie
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My Greatest Failure
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Bury Your Gays
Madness Mantra
Sports Stories
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Broken Pedestal
Cool Guns
The Lost Lenore
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Did Not Get the Girl
Tagline
Bond Villain Stupidity
Cassandra Truth
Captain Obvious
Vacation Films
Protagonist Title
This Is Gonna Suck
Composite Character
An Axe to Grind
Leave the Camera Running
Batman Gambit
Precision F-Strike
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Mundane Made Awesome
Here We Go Again!
Older Than They Look
Action Prologue
Historical In-Joke
Public Domain Feature Films
Faux Affably Evil
Five-Man Band
Badass Grandpa
Break the Cutie
Hell Is That Noise
Loophole Abuse
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Film Noir Index
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Decoy Protagonist
Due to the Dead
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Credits Gag
Worthy Opponent
Missing Mom
Grievous Bottley Harm
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Obviously Evil
The Starscream
Homage
Heroes Want Redheads
And Starring
Artistic License History
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Stock Footage
Insistent Terminology
Yandere
Henpecked Husband
Slashed Throat
He Who Fights Monsters
The Mole
Unresolved Sexual Tension
What the Hell, Hero?
Not What It Looks Like
Hero Antagonist
Badass Longcoat
"Awesome McCool" Name
Deconstruction
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Dwindling Party
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Alas, Poor Villain
Hero of Another Story
Cain and Abel
World of Ham
No Ending
Off with His Head!
Motor Mouth
Shirtless Scene
Dramatic Gun Cock
Title Drop
The Chessmaster
Evil vs. Evil
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Back from the Dead
Villain Protagonist
Overprotective Dad
Fatal Flaw
Sexy Discretion Shot
Abhorrent Admirer
Affably Evil
Conspicuous CG
Casting Gag
Kick the Dog
Big Applesauce
Reality Is Unrealistic
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Honor Before Reason
Those Two Guys
Mythology Gag
Translation Convention
Up to Eleven
Villain Opening Scene
Rule of Funny
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Car Fu
Accidental Murder
The Bad Guy Wins
Drill Sergeant Nasty
German Films
Naïve Newcomer
Leitmotif
Reality Ensues
Red Right Hand
Cold-Blooded Torture
Big Bad
Heel Realization
Dressing as the Enemy
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Calling the Old Man Out
Crapsack World
Made of Explodium
Animal Motifs
And I Must Scream
Killed Mid-Sentence
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Bloodier and Gorier
All for Nothing
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Hong Kong Films
Parental Abandonment
Shut Up, Hannibal!
My Beloved Smother
Psycho for Hire
Soft Glass
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Jump Scare
Wicked Cultured
Reality Has No Subtitles
Asshole Victim
Horror Films
Sealed Evil in a Can
Biopic
Ghost Fiction
Call-Forward
Flashback
A Minor Kidroduction
Animated Credits Opening
She's Got Legs
Chase Scene
Abusive Parents
Combat Pragmatist
Country Matters
Super Strength
A God Am I
Mistaken for Gay
Redemption Equals Death
Romantic False Lead
Recycled IN SPACE!
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
The Vamp
Artistic License Gun Safety
Star-Crossed Lovers
Camera Abuse
Grey and Gray Morality
Manchild
The Atoner
Catapult Nightmare
Cloudcuckoolander
Serial Killer
Lighter and Softer
No OSHA Compliance
What Happened to the Mouse?
Fish out of Water
Crazy Jealous Guy
Anguished Declaration of Love
Pragmatic Villainy
Awesome, but Impractical
Action Girl
Character Development
Apocalypse How
Lock and Load Montage
Those Wacky Nazis
The Sociopath
Manipulative Bastard
Author Avatar
Failed a Spot Check
Almost Kiss
Tap on the Head
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Improvised Weapon
Took a Level in Jerkass
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Self-Deprecation
Spanner in the Works
Let's Get Dangerous!
She Cleans Up Nicely
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Friend to All Children
The Big Guy
Faking the Dead
Ascended Extra
Trailers Always Spoil
Creepy Child
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Hypocrite
Poor Communication Kills
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Earn Your Happy Ending
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Wham Line
Irony
Zombie Stories
Ax-Crazy
Serious Business
Humiliation Conga
Beard of Evil
Disney Death
Deus ex Machina
Left the Background Music On
The Oner
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
The Alleged Car
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Drowning My Sorrows
Genre Shift
Disappeared Dad
Stuff Blowing Up
Pet the Dog
Overly Long Gag
Expy
Unreliable Narrator
Anti-Hero
The Cameo
Make It Look Like an Accident
Hair-Trigger Temper
Badass Boast
Brick Joke
Flipping the Bird
Deal with the Devil
Punch-Clock Villain
Big Damn Heroes
Shout-Out
And the Adventure Continues
Chekhov's Gun
Laughing Mad
Take That!
Groin Attack
Neck Lift
The End... Or Is It?
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Ripped from the Headlines
Funny Foreigner
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Distracted by the Sexy
La Résistance
Show Within a Show
Facial Horror
The '60s
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Christmas Movies Index
Actor Allusion
Toplessness from the Back
Break the Haughty
Dual Wielding
Anachronic Order
Fat Bastard
Hollywood Darkness
Children Are Innocent
Improbable Aiming Skills
Thriller
As the Good Book Says...
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Imagine Spot
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
How We Got Here
Fiery Redhead
Nice Hat
Undying Loyalty
Betty and Veronica
Defrosting Ice Queen
Nothing Is Scarier
Spell My Name with an "S"
The Remake
Ms. Fanservice
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Parental Substitute
Mad Scientist
Last-Name Basis
Crucified Hero Shot
Blood Knight
The Ace
Happily Married
Dramedy
The Stinger
Index of Film Westerns
Taking the Bullet
Historical Villain Upgrade
Book-Ends
Real Life
Have a Gay Old Time
Slasher Movie
The Musical
Expository Hairstyle Change
Made of Iron
Knife Nut
Bait-and-Switch
Only Sane Man
Line-of-Sight Name
Visual Pun
Early Installment Weirdness
Vitriolic Best Buds
Cat Scare
Creative Closing Credits
Authority Equals Asskicking
You Killed My Father
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Token Minority
British Films
Dying Moment of Awesome
No-Sell
The Reveal
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Death Seeker
Adults Are Useless
From Bad to Worse
Ungrateful Bastard
Dark and Troubled Past
Big Bad Duumvirate
Cruel and Unusual Death
Death by Adaptation
After the End
Dirty Cop
Badass in a Nice Suit
No Antagonist
Loads and Loads of Characters
Heroic BSoD
The '70s
Love Triangle
Based on a True Story
Sequel Hook
Villain with Good Publicity
Evil Is Petty
N-Word Privileges
Wretched Hive
Take a Third Option
All Men Are Perverts
Italian Films
Animal Title Index
Adaptational Badass
Double Entendre
Cowboy Cop
The Bully
Blood from the Mouth
Pay Evil unto Evil
Badass Bookworm
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
French Films
Framing Device
Famous Last Words
Only a Flesh Wound
Only in It for the Money
Rewatch Bonus
True Companions
Crazy-Prepared
Jerkass Has a Point
Captain Ersatz
Slasher Smile
Foreshadowing
Gender Flip
Tempting Fate
Pretty in Mink
Mooks
Storming the Castle
Funny Background Event
Police are Useless
Bound and Gagged
Riddle for the Ages
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Logo Joke
Fanservice Extra
Badass Normal
Stepford Smiler
The Alcoholic
Cool Car
Frame-Up
Never My Fault
Malevolent Masked Men
Match Cut
Would Hurt a Child
Fainting
Greater-Scope Villain
All There in the Manual
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Dark Action Girl
Big Fancy House
Unusual Euphemism
It Can Think
Mr. Fanservice
Immune to Bullets
Foil
Playing Gertrude
The Hero Dies
Black Best Friend
The X of Y
Not So Different
Continuity Nod
The Un-Reveal
Gory Discretion Shot
Meet Cute
Eye Scream
Damsel in Distress
Anyone Can Die
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Only One Name
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Never Found the Body
Not So Above It All
The Stoner
Russian Films
Sinister Minister
Plucky Comic Relief
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Coming-of-Age Story
Genre Throwback
Disproportionate Retribution
Fantastic Racism
Room Full of Crazy
Oh, Crap!
Eureka Moment
I Have Your Wife
Every Car Is a Pinto
Dirty Old Man
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Science Fiction Films
Sadistic Choice
Bare Your Midriff
Death of a Child
Superhero
Running Gag
Properly Paranoid
Bilingual Bonus
Adaptation Name Change
Sassy Black Woman
Mind Screw
Bavarian Fire Drill
Smug Snake
Brainless Beauty
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Ambiguous Ending
Babies Ever After
Better to Die than Be Killed
Comically Missing the Point
Even Evil Has Standards
Mugging the Monster
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Lampshade Hanging
Scare Chord
One-Man Army
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Intrepid Reporter
As Himself
One Steve Limit
Aside Glance
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Double-Meaning Title
Implacable Man
Idiot Ball
Important Haircut
Daylight Horror
Get Out!
Red Herring
Politically Incorrect Villain
Rape as Drama
Downer Ending
Major Injury Underreaction
Twist Ending
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Soundtrack Dissonance
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Taking You with Me
Evil Brit
Empathic Environment
Evil Laugh
Dark Is Not Evil
Chewing the Scenery
Mystery and Detective Films
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
The Mafia
Death by Sex
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
For Want of a Nail
The Stoic
Stylistic Suck
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Historical Hero Upgrade
Spiritual Successor
Pretty Little Headshots
Maybe Ever After
Jitter Cam
The Cavalry
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Gorn
Destination Defenestration
Smoking Is Cool
Everyone Has Standards
FaceHeel Turn
Together in Death
Bar Brawl
Eldritch Abomination
Kids Are Cruel
Offscreen Teleportation
Light Is Not Good
Diabolus ex Machina
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Not Using the "Z" Word
Armor-Piercing Question
Agony of the Feet
Dogged Nice Guy
Tranquil Fury
Informed Ability
Love at First Sight
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Bloody Hilarious
Gratuitous English
Your Cheating Heart
Rule of Cool
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Black and Gray Morality
Arch-Enemy
Mr. Exposition
Parental Incest
Eagleland
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Not Quite Dead
Dissonant Serenity
Arc Words
Chekhov's Gunman
Say My Name
Stealth Pun
Only Known by Their Nickname
In Medias Res
Sole Survivor
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Drives Like Crazy
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Bittersweet Ending
Scary Black Man
It Will Never Catch On
Hoist by His Own Petard
Face Death with Dignity
Evil Sounds Deep
Extreme Doormat
Darker and Edgier
Disney Villain Death
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Good Is Not Nice
Stealth Hi/Bye
Chekhov's Skill
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Gilligan Cut
Military and Warfare Films
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Dirty Coward
Gainax Ending
Non-Indicative Name
Really Gets Around
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Same Language Dub
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Driven to Suicide
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Call-Back
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Scenery Gorn
Gold Digger
Villainous Breakdown
Sci-Fi Horror
Kill 'em All
The Power of Love
For the Evulz
Epic Fail
Race Lift
Final Girl
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Fan Disservice
Corpsing
Easily Forgiven
Laser-Guided Karma
Be Careful What You Wish For
He Knows Too Much
Insult Backfire
Skewed Priorities