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