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