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