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