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