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