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