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