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