Tropescilloscope: Gilligan Cut

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