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