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