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