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