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