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