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