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