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