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