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