Tropescilloscope: Genre Savvy

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