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