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