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