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