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