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