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