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