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