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