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