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