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