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