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