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