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