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