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