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