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