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