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