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