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