Tropescilloscope: Epic Movie

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Villain Song It Can Think Deadpan Snarker Idiot Ball Artistic License – History Expository Hairstyle Change Not Even Bothering with the Accent Amusing Injuries Pragmatic Villainy Posthumous Character Red Eyes, Take Warning Not Quite Dead Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Stock Footage Disguised in Drag Retired Badass Pretty Little Headshots Unusually Uninteresting Sight Badass Grandpa The Lancer Mistaken for Gay Humiliation Conga Running Gag Outrun the Fireball Leaning on the Fourth Wall The Lost Lenore Only One Name Love at First Sight Sir Swears-a-Lot Camp Gay Black Comedy Rape Token Minority Hero Antagonist Roger Ebert: Great Movies List What Happened to the Mouse? Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil The End... Or Is It? Chase Scene This Is Gonna Suck The Power of Love Actor Allusion Woman Scorned Evil Sounds Deep Death Glare Central Theme French Films Plot Hole Only in It for the Money Made of Iron Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome A Date with Rosie Palms Up to Eleven From Bad to Worse Parental Neglect Broken Bird Laser-Guided Karma You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Dual Wielding Malevolent Masked Men Foreshadowing Due to the Dead Accidental Misnaming For Want of a Nail Wham Line Redemption Equals Death Those Two Guys Evil Laugh Male Frontal Nudity What You Are in the Dark Dying Moment of Awesome Friend to All Children Damsel in Distress Amoral Attorney Fun with Acronyms Logo Joke Motor Mouth Stuff Blowing Up Easily Forgiven Artistic License – Military Never Trust a Trailer He Knows Too Much Evil Counterpart Pet the Dog The Reveal Punch-Clock Villain Not What It Looks Like Four-Temperament Ensemble Pretty in Mink Man on Fire Not So Stoic Bi the Way Shower Scene Frame-Up No Antagonist Made of Explodium Creative Closing Credits Henpecked Husband Shown Their Work Mooks A.I. Is a Crapshoot Bring My Brown Pants Self-Deprecation Death Seeker I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Hoist by His Own Petard Film Series Fat Bastard Gainax Ending Drives Like Crazy Redshirt Army Badass Normal Fatal Flaw Artistic License – Physics Darkest Hour Captain Obvious "The Reason You Suck" Speech The Atoner Left the Background Music On Did Not Get the Girl Affectionate Parody Bury Your Gays Gory Discretion Shot Tranquil Fury Wretched Hive Real Life Writes the Plot Vacation Films Bar Brawl Country Matters Fanservice Broken Aesop Parental Incest Butt-Monkey Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Historical In-Joke The Great Depression Grievous Bottley Harm O.O.C. Is Serious Business Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Screw the Rules, I Have Money! 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Chekhov's Gunman And I Must Scream Adaptation Distillation The Mafia Training Montage Expy Red Shirt Celebrity Paradox Kubrick Stare Hell Is That Noise No Celebrities Were Harmed Even Evil Has Standards Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Drowning My Sorrows Suddenly SHOUTING! Determinator I Have Your Wife It's Personal Homage Batman Gambit No OSHA Compliance Big Eater Character Development Obfuscating Stupidity Word of God Double-Meaning Title Martial Arts Movie Index of Film Westerns Kick the Son of a Bitch Depraved Bisexual Vomit Discretion Shot Let's Get Dangerous! Captain Ersatz Big Bad Duumvirate Brother–Sister Incest Here We Go Again! 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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Manchild Fake Shemp Sadistic Choice The Hero Dies Gone Horribly Right Facial Horror No-Sell Badass Longcoat Setting Update Mythology Gag Agony of the Feet The Vamp Bloodless Carnage Japanese Films Rasputinian Death La Résistance Mr. Exposition Rated M for Manly Fiery Redhead Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Villain Protagonist Shipper on Deck folderlabel Off-into-the-Distance Ending Air-Vent Passageway Improbable Weapon User Grey and Gray Morality Enemy Mine No Name Given There Is No Kill Like Overkill Not So Different Failed a Spot Check You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Skewed Priorities Scare Chord Ms. Fanservice Conspicuous CG Adaptational Badass Shell-Shocked Veteran Never My Fault What the Hell, Hero? 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They Really Do Love Each Other 20 Minutes into the Future Real Life Comically Missing the Point Contrived Coincidence Room Full of Crazy In Medias Res Catch-Phrase Spanner in the Works Auto Erotica Evil Is Petty Wounded Gazelle Gambit Bowdlerise Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas The Starscream Hidden Depths Death by Irony Morality Pet Poor Communication Kills Heel–Face Turn Woman in White Establishing Character Moment Break the Haughty Imagine Spot Karma Houdini Canon Foreigner Canadian Movies Match Cut Spiteful Spit Sinister Minister As Long as It Sounds Foreign Cassandra Truth Stalker with a Crush Super Strength Getting Crap Past the Radar Bilingual Bonus Fate Worse than Death One Steve Limit As the Good Book Says... Bolivian Army Ending Love Triangle Riddle for the Ages Meet Cute Fire-Forged Friends Rape as Drama Back from the Dead Genre Shift Only a Flesh Wound Taking You with Me Jerk with a Heart of Gold Nothing Is Scarier Framing Device Recycled IN SPACE! 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