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