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