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