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