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