Tropescilloscope: Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Only known by their profession, or some other odd word. (read more at tvtropes.org)
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Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Big Applesauce
Break the Haughty
Scenery Porn
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Fire-Forged Friends
The Cameo
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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Woman Scorned
Animated Credits Opening
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Market-Based Title
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FaceHeel Turn
Shirtless Scene
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Killed Mid-Sentence
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Reality Is Unrealistic
It's All About Me
Madness Mantra
Oh, Crap!
Dramedy
The Bad Guy Wins
Papa Wolf
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Humans Are Bastards
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And the Adventure Continues
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Your Head A-Splode
Did Not Get the Girl
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Not What It Looks Like
As the Good Book Says...
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The Alcoholic
Drives Like Crazy
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Actually Pretty Funny
I Need a Freaking Drink
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Badass in a Nice Suit
Only in It for the Money
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The Hero Dies
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Would Hurt a Child
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Dropped a Bridge on Him
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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The End... Or Is It?
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Drugs Are Bad
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This Is Gonna Suck
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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Badass Boast
Didn't Think This Through
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Gory Discretion Shot
Daddy's Girl
Gilligan Cut
He Knows Too Much
Fanservice
Mundane Made Awesome
Mercy Kill
The Dreaded
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Bavarian Fire Drill
Cool Shades
Book-Ends
Gratuitous English
Together in Death
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I'm a Humanitarian
Police are Useless
Adaptation Distillation
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Needs Wiki Magic Love
The Stoner
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Authority Equals Asskicking
Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Face Death with Dignity
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Defiant to the End
Vampire Fiction
Rasputinian Death
Have a Gay Old Time
Deal with the Devil
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Your Cheating Heart
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Fish out of Water
Left the Background Music On
Taking You with Me
All Just a Dream
Ungrateful Bastard
No Ending
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Bullying a Dragon
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Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Say My Name
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It Can Think
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Victoria's Secret Compartment
Genre Throwback
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It's Personal
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She's Got Legs
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It Will Never Catch On
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Death Seeker
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All Girls Want Bad Boys
Love at First Sight
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Imagine Spot
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Overly Long Gag
Improbable Weapon User
Dirty Old Man
Naïve Newcomer
Insistent Terminology
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Fainting
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Villain Opening Scene
Disappeared Dad
Riddle for the Ages
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Fat Bastard
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Loads and Loads of Characters
No Name Given
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Dwindling Party
Death Glare
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"Shaggy Dog" Story
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Ambiguous Disorder
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Villain Song
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Improbable Aiming Skills
Eureka Moment
Action Girl
Double Entendre
Earn Your Happy Ending
Credits Gag
Horror Comedy
Get Out!
Kick the Dog
Hair-Trigger Temper
Redshirt Army
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An Arm and a Leg
Villainous Breakdown
The Ace
For Want of a Nail
Faking the Dead
In the Back
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Fun with Acronyms
Morality Pet
Smoking Is Cool
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Decoy Protagonist
Outrun the Fireball
Hollywood Darkness
Call-Forward
The Lost Lenore
Retcon
Real Life Writes the Plot
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Berserk Button
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Everyone Has Standards
Male Frontal Nudity
The Smart Guy
Artistic License Gun Safety
Kids Are Cruel
Dark Reprise
How We Got Here
Insult Backfire
Shower Scene
Revenge
As Himself
Mr. Fanservice
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Historical In-Joke
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Public Domain Feature Films
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Arranged Marriage
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Suddenly SHOUTING!
Green-Eyed Monster
Unusual Euphemism
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Romantic Comedy
Domestic Abuse
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Here We Go Again!
Big Damn Heroes
Mexican Standoff
Drowning My Sorrows
Curb-Stomp Battle
Evil Sounds Deep
The '60s
Abusive Parents
Determinator
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Dying Moment of Awesome
Defrosting Ice Queen
Villain Protagonist
Small Name, Big Ego
Tagline
Ms. Fanservice
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Horror Films
N-Word Privileges
Better to Die than Be Killed
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Artistic License Law
Never Trust a Trailer
Affectionate Parody
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An Aesop
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My Greatest Failure
Twist Ending
Even Evil Has Standards
Fourth Date Marriage
Those Two Guys
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Ghost Fiction
Film Series
Parental Substitute
Ambiguous Ending
Jerkass Has a Point
Plucky Comic Relief
The Stinger
Age Lift
Mugging the Monster
Blood Knight
Only Sane Man
Alliterative Name
Pay Evil unto Evil
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Closed Circle
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
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Pretty Little Headshots
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Those Wacky Nazis
Camera Abuse
Playing Gertrude
Freudian Excuse
Shipper on Deck
Broken Aesop
Made of Iron
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Never Trust a Trailer
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Neck Lift
From Bad to Worse
Obstructive Bureaucrat
What the Hell, Hero?
Artistic License Biology
Bald of Evil
MacGuffin
Genre Savvy
In Medias Res
Combat Pragmatist
Lampshade Hanging
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Major Injury Underreaction
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Trailers Always Spoil
Stepford Smiler
Italian Films
Blood from the Mouth
Back from the Dead
Arc Words
Death by Adaptation
Bloodier and Gorier
Fingore
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
The Great Depression
Ominous Latin Chanting
Motor Mouth
Soundtrack Dissonance
Adaptational Villainy
One-Word Title
Babies Ever After
She Cleans Up Nicely
Implacable Man
Creator Cameo
You Killed My Father
20 Minutes into the Future
Hollywood Law
The Quiet One
Novelization
Mooks
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Up to Eleven
Would Hit a Girl
The Big Guy
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Card-Carrying Villain
Only One Name
Redemption Equals Death
Friend to All Children
Christmas Movies Index
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Bowdlerise
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Empathic Environment
Dull Surprise
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Shell-Shocked Veteran
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Five-Man Band
Abhorrent Admirer
I Have Your Wife
Unresolved Sexual Tension
The Brute
Take That!
Black and Gray Morality
Betty and Veronica
Animal Motifs
Alas, Poor Villain
Butt-Monkey
Alpha Bitch
Flashback
Chiaroscuro
Zombie Stories
Exact Words
Rule of Cool
Cool Guns
And Starring
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Time Skip
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'80s Hair
Evil Brit
Put on a Bus
Not So Different
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Made of Explodium
Armor-Piercing Question
Heroes Want Redheads
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More Dakka
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A God Am I
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Manchild
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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Contrived Coincidence
All Men Are Perverts
Greater-Scope Villain
True Companions
Reality Has No Subtitles
Framing Device
Ship Tease
Dark Action Girl
Based on a True Story
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Dramatic Irony
Eldritch Abomination
Works Set in World War II
Guns Akimbo
Batman Gambit
Manipulative Bastard
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Totally Radical
Reality Ensues
Show Within a Show
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Red Eyes, Take Warning
The Faceless
From Nobody to Nightmare
The X of Y
NO INDOOR VOICE
A Minor Kidroduction
Spiteful Spit
You Have Failed Me
Cold-Blooded Torture
Homage
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Intrepid Reporter
Does Not Like Shoes
Deus ex Machina
Mad Scientist
Badass Grandpa
Pet the Dog
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Black Comedy
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!