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