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