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