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