Tropescilloscope: Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
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Sealed Evil in a Can
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Getting Crap Past the Radar
The Ace
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Even Evil Has Standards
Not So Above It All
Rule of Cool
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Maybe Ever After
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
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Artistic License Geography
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In the Back
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Up to Eleven
Your Cheating Heart
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Historical Villain Upgrade
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It Will Never Catch On
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Not What It Looks Like
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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You Killed My Father
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Fingore
Light Is Not Good
Nothing Is Scarier
Ripped from the Headlines
Insult Backfire
Soundtrack Dissonance
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Heroic Sacrifice
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Dies Wide Open
Humans Are Bastards
Double Entendre
Casting Gag
Russian Films
Everyone Has Standards
Bowdlerise
Say My Name
The Bad Guy Wins
Genre Shift
Badass Grandpa
Ambiguous Ending
Manipulative Bastard
Monumental Damage
Super Strength
Deal with the Devil
Diabolus ex Machina
Hell Is That Noise
Auto Erotica
Annoying Younger Sibling
Malevolent Masked Men
Blood from the Mouth
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Older Than They Look
Kill 'em All
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
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Foil
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Public Domain Feature Films
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Soft Glass
She's Got Legs
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
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Book-Ends
Only Known by Their Nickname
Mad Scientist
Evil Is Petty
The Un-Favourite
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Eyepatch of Power
Disproportionate Retribution
Irony
My Beloved Smother
Grey and Gray Morality
Psychological Thriller
Double-Meaning Title
Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Tap on the Head
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An Axe to Grind
Would Hurt a Child
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Room Full of Crazy
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Camera Abuse
Reality Has No Subtitles
Bond Villain Stupidity
Famous Last Words
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Retcon
Cluster F-Bomb
My Greatest Failure
The Stoic
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Evil-Detecting Dog
Redshirt Army
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Totally Radical
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Mood Whiplash
Curse Cut Short
Take That!
Deconstruction
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Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Reveal
The Starscream
Your Head A-Splode
Kubrick Stare
Cat Scare
Tagline
Red Eyes, Take Warning
It's Personal
The Cameo
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Broken Pedestal
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Never Found the Body
Rich Bitch
An Aesop
Improbable Weapon User
One-Man Army
Dark and Troubled Past
Made of Explodium
And I Must Scream
True Companions
Mugging the Monster
Man on Fire
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Homage
Gilligan Cut
Let's Get Dangerous!
Parental Substitute
Cool Old Guy
Ambiguously Gay
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
No Antagonist
Chewing the Scenery
Faking the Dead
Rasputinian Death
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
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All There in the Script
He Who Fights Monsters
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Reality Is Unrealistic
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Make It Look Like an Accident
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A Father to His Men
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A God Am I
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Honor Before Reason
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Enemy Mine
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Riddle for the Ages
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What Happened to the Mouse?
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How We Got Here
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Broken Bird
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Bury Your Gays
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Evil Plan
Establishing Character Moment
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Betty and Veronica
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Big-Bad Ensemble
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Thriller
The Dreaded
Artistic License Law
The X of Y
Dark Is Not Evil
Dressing as the Enemy
Alas, Poor Villain
Cool Old Lady
Half the Man He Used to Be
Hate Sink
Drugs Are Bad
Fate Worse than Death
He Knows Too Much
Jerkass Has a Point
Agony of the Feet
Good Is Not Nice
Abhorrent Admirer
Skewed Priorities
Amoral Attorney
The Sociopath
Redemption Equals Death
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Naked People Are Funny
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Parental Incest
Only a Flesh Wound
Dull Surprise
Bolivian Army Ending
The Alleged Car
Almost Kiss
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Extremely Short Timespan
From Bad to Worse
Stuff Blowing Up
'80s Hair
Film Noir
Blatant Lies
The Hero Dies
Chekhov's Gunman
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Setting Update
World of Ham
Anguished Declaration of Love
Gone Horribly Right
An Arm and a Leg
Accidental Misnaming
Love Triangle
Major Injury Underreaction
Reality Ensues
Bad "Bad Acting"
Morality Pet
Facial Horror
Fourth Date Marriage
Off with His Head!
Pet the Dog
Crazy-Prepared
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Actor Allusion
The Lancer
Poor Communication Kills
Those Wacky Nazis
Bullying a Dragon
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Better to Die than Be Killed
Bloodier and Gorier
Award-Bait Song
Wicked Cultured
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The Atoner
Sacrificial Lion
Non-Indicative Name
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Badass Boast
She Cleans Up Nicely
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Actually Pretty Funny
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Smoking Is Cool
I Have Your Wife
Badass Longcoat
War Is Hell
Science Fiction Films
Rule of Funny
Disappeared Dad
My God, What Have I Done?
Funny Background Event
Bittersweet Ending
Ms. Fanservice
Lampshade Hanging
Batman Gambit
For Want of a Nail
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Kids Are Cruel
Death by Irony
N-Word Privileges
Once More, with Clarity!
Took a Level in Badass
Police are Useless
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Drowning My Sorrows
All There in the Manual
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Anti-Hero
Anyone Can Die
Television Movie Index
Too Dumb to Live
Stepford Smiler
Handicapped Badass
Demonic Possession
Zombie Stories
Central Theme
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The Remake
I Need a Freaking Drink
The Big Guy
Expository Hairstyle Change
Pyrrhic Victory
Together in Death
Beard of Evil
Dark Action Girl
Apocalypse How
Funny Foreigner
Only in It for the Money
Fan Disservice
Brick Joke
Did Not Get the Girl
The Chick
Gorn
Artistic License Military
Undying Loyalty
Plucky Comic Relief
Slasher Smile
Ghost Fiction
Evil vs. Evil
Properly Paranoid
Loads and Loads of Characters
Military and Warfare Films
Interrupted Suicide
The Un-Reveal
Dirty Cop
Hypocrite
Artistic License Biology
Bottomless Magazines
Hidden Depths
Love at First Sight
Film Series
The Faceless
Author Appeal
Call-Forward
Eiffel Tower Effect
Adults Are Useless
Sexy Discretion Shot
Villain Protagonist
The Great Depression
Spared by the Adaptation
Lock and Load Montage
Darkest Hour
Break the Cutie
Slashed Throat
Crapsack World
Heroes Want Redheads
Reasonable Authority Figure
Gainax Ending
The Stinger
Ominous Latin Chanting
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Mystery and Detective Films
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Only Sane Man
Blackmail
Calling the Old Man Out
Developing Doomed Characters
Self-Deprecation
Black Best Friend
The Mafia
Armor-Piercing Question
Pretty Little Headshots
Real Life
Random Events Plot
Stock Footage
Large Ham
Big Brother Instinct
Idiot Ball
Artistic License Physics
Ax-Crazy
Beware the Nice Ones
Gender Flip
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Vomit Discretion Shot
Artistic License History
Leave the Camera Running
Wrong Genre Savvy
Femme Fatale
Paper-Thin Disguise
Plot Hole
Important Haircut
Big Bad Duumvirate
The Cavalry
Hoist by His Own Petard
Mr. Exposition
Sassy Black Woman
Darker and Edgier
Black and Gray Morality
Chekhov's Gun
The Smart Guy
Hope Spot
Driven to Suicide
Psychopathic Manchild
Villain Opening Scene
Sadistic Choice
Stalker with a Crush
Insistent Terminology
Cain and Abel
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Hero of Another Story
Defiant to the End
Body Horror
Our Zombies Are Different
Rule of Symbolism
No-Sell
Final Girl
Horror Comedy
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
German Films
Determinator
Dumb Blonde
Karmic Death
Dramatic Irony
Precision F-Strike
Affectionate Parody
Guns Akimbo
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Adaptational Villainy
Laser-Guided Karma
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Rape as Drama
Based on a True Story
Adorkable
As You Know
Coming-of-Age Story
The '70s
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Word of God
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Left the Background Music On
The Power of Love
As Himself
Vitriolic Best Buds
Evil Is Hammy
Framing Device
Not So Stoic
Hair-Trigger Temper
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Training Montage
Rated M for Manly
Film Noir Index
Credits Gag
Alliterative Name
Cold-Blooded Torture
Expy
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Eagleland
And Starring
Product Placement
Adapted Out
Wretched Hive
Foreshadowing
Silence Is Golden
Face Death with Dignity
Bar Brawl
Male Gaze
Despair Event Horizon
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Market-Based Title
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Belligerent Sexual Tension
All for Nothing
Jump Scare
Meaningful Background Event
Laughing Mad
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Insane Troll Logic
Hollywood Darkness
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Shout-Out
Taking You with Me
Death by Adaptation
Bloodless Carnage
Friend to All Children
The Casanova
Green-Eyed Monster
You Have Failed Me
Recycled IN SPACE!
Sinister Minister
Scenery Porn
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Conspicuous CG
Action Genre
The Place
Boom, Headshot!
Recap /
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aka: Riff Trax Movies
Smug Snake
One Steve Limit
Never Trust a Trailer
Card-Carrying Villain
Race Against the Clock
Adult Fear
Scenery Gorn
Greater-Scope Villain
Dramedy
Trailers Always Spoil
Composite Character
Madness Mantra
Pretty in Mink
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Dramatic Gun Cock
La Résistance
What You Are in the Dark
Dirty Old Man
Made of Iron
Canadian Movies
Advertised Extra
Spanner in the Works
Catch-Phrase
Translation Convention
Continuity Nod
Arc Words
Toplessness from the Back
Italian Films
Affably Evil
Easily Forgiven
Authority Equals Asskicking
Creator Cameo
Bare Your Midriff
Villain Song
Bad Boss
Eldritch Abomination
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Chase Scene
The End... Or Is It?
Parental Abandonment
Sequel Hook
Only One Name
Mercy Kill
Five-Man Band
I Did What I Had to Do
Politically Incorrect Villain
Same Language Dub
Sports Stories
Shown Their Work
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Back from the Dead
Dogged Nice Guy
Animal Motifs
Mind Screw
Last-Name Basis
From Nobody to Nightmare
Daylight Horror
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Evil Counterpart
Hollywood Law
Evil Sounds Deep
Vampire Fiction
Race Lift
Cat Fight
Male Frontal Nudity
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
B-Movie
Took a Level in Jerkass
Costume Porn
Brutal Honesty
Retired Badass
Dirty Coward
Get Out!
The Mole
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Revenge
Truth in Television
Flashback
I'm a Humanitarian
Pay Evil unto Evil
Loophole Abuse
Not Quite Dead
Novelization
Comically Missing the Point
Straight Gay
Retirony
Here We Go Again!
Intrepid Reporter
Mr. Fanservice
The Film of the Book
Improbable Aiming Skills
Scare Chord
Badass in a Nice Suit
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Motor Mouth
Fun with Acronyms
Bland-Name Product
And the Adventure Continues
Crazy Jealous Guy
Obviously Evil
Outrun the Fireball
Ascended Extra
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Cruel and Unusual Death
Posthumous Character
Gold Digger
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Brainless Beauty
Death by Sex
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Death of a Child
Offscreen Teleportation
It Can Think
This Is Gonna Suck
Country Matters
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
FaceHeel Turn
Really Gets Around
Chekhov's Skill
Ironic Echo
Meaningful Echo
A Minor Kidroduction
Corpsing
Line-of-Sight Name
Music Stories
What the Hell, Hero?
Depraved Bisexual
Downer Ending
Sole Survivor
Catapult Nightmare
Berserk Button
Index of Film Westerns
Suddenly SHOUTING!
BrotherSister Incest
Awesome, but Impractical
Suspiciously Specific Denial
In Medias Res
Those Two Bad Guys
Rewatch Bonus
Pimped-Out Dress
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Romantic Comedy
The Oner
Dark Reprise
Psycho for Hire
Ship Tease
Narrator
Black Dude Dies First
Put on a Bus
Black Comedy
Earn Your Happy Ending
Police Brutality
Break the Haughty
The Hero
Big Damn Heroes
Adaptation Name Change
The Smurfette Principle
Manly Tears
Babies Ever After
Daddy's Girl
Hero Antagonist
Age Lift
Captain Obvious
Becoming the Mask
The Chessmaster
Fainting
Shower Scene
Alpha Bitch
Kick the Dog
Playing Gertrude
Call-Back
Cowboy Cop
Immune to Bullets
Gratuitous English
Woman in White
Romantic False Lead
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Villain Ball
Big Fancy House
Mighty Whitey
Horror Films
Early Installment Weirdness
Sci-Fi Horror
Covers Always Lie
Punny Name
Dying Moment of Awesome
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Epic Fail
MacGuffin
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Our Vampires Are Different
More Dakka
Asshole Victim
Department of Redundancy Department
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Anti-Villain
The Vamp
Married to the Job
Evil Laugh
Refuge in Audacity
All Just a Dream
Does Not Like Shoes
Combat Pragmatist
Sanity Slippage
Bond One-Liner
Dissonant Serenity
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Big "NO!"
Mooks
Empathic Environment
Running Gag
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Fish out of Water
Celebrity Paradox
Karma Houdini
Big Applesauce
All Men Are Perverts
Character Development
Punch-Clock Villain
Decoy Protagonist
Mama Bear