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