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