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