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