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