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