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