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