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