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