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