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