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