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