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