Tropescilloscope: I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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She Cleans Up Nicely
My Greatest Failure
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All Men Are Perverts
Kill 'em All
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Death of a Child
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Happily Married
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Bait-and-Switch
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Blood Knight
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Kids Are Cruel
Kick the Son of a Bitch
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Poor Communication Kills
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Those Wacky Nazis
Friend to All Children
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The Oner
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Television Movie Index
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Say My Name
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Death by Sex
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
All There in the Script
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The Voiceless
Be Careful What You Wish For
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Never My Fault
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An Arm and a Leg
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What You Are in the Dark
Auto Erotica
Karmic Death
Up to Eleven
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Tempting Fate
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Riddle for the Ages
Animated Credits Opening
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The Quiet One
Ungrateful Bastard
Time Skip
The Bad Guy Wins
Naïve Newcomer
Black Dude Dies First
Cool Shades
Downer Ending
Here We Go Again!
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Closed Circle
Face Death with Dignity
Logo Joke
Apocalypse How
Mugging the Monster
Captain Obvious
Heel Realization
Big-Bad Ensemble
Music Stories
Awesome, but Impractical
Card-Carrying Villain
Light Is Not Good
Freudian Excuse
Exact Words
Children Are Innocent
Brutal Honesty
Death Seeker
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Death by Adaptation
Fatal Flaw
Every Car Is a Pinto
Bittersweet Ending
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
A Father to His Men
Smoking Is Cool
Sports Stories
Playing Gertrude
Fingore
Refuge in Audacity
Faux Affably Evil
Homage
Does Not Like Shoes
World of Ham
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Bloodless Carnage
Foreshadowing
Lighter and Softer
Woman in White
The Alcoholic
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Villain Ball
This Is Gonna Suck
Epic Fail
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Break the Haughty
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Recycled IN SPACE!
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Insistent Terminology
Henpecked Husband
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Our Zombies Are Different
Outrun the Fireball
Real Life Writes the Plot
You Have Failed Me
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The Musical
And I Must Scream
Based on a True Story
Obviously Evil
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Take That!
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Dogged Nice Guy
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Large Ham
Cain and Abel
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Sole Survivor
Stuff Blowing Up
Hero of Another Story
Blood from the Mouth
Cool Car
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Badass Bookworm
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
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Take a Third Option
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Adaptational Badass
One Steve Limit
Neck Lift
Shower Scene
Adaptational Villainy
It's Personal
20 Minutes into the Future
Dying Moment of Awesome
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Dual Wielding
Jerkass Has a Point
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Everyone Has Standards
Maybe Ever After
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Morality Pet
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Cat Scare
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Call-Forward
Sassy Black Woman
Show Within a Show
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Ambiguous Disorder
Bowdlerise
Intergenerational Friendship
Dirty Cop
Black Comedy Rape
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The Chick
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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Deconstruction
Paper-Thin Disguise
Those Two Bad Guys
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Chekhov's Skill
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Stepford Smiler
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Cool Old Guy
Contrived Coincidence
Deus ex Machina
Half the Man He Used to Be
Gone Horribly Right
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Psycho for Hire
Hero Antagonist
Really Gets Around
Evil Brit
Early Installment Weirdness
Only in It for the Money
Bolivian Army Ending
Reality Is Unrealistic
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Arc Words
Adults Are Useless
Woman Scorned
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Police Brutality
Stock Footage
Hope Spot
Cool Old Lady
Eureka Moment
Pragmatic Adaptation
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Red Shirt
Break the Cutie
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Gorn
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Early-Bird Cameo
Pay Evil unto Evil
Cruel and Unusual Death
Trailers Always Spoil
The Dog Bites Back
Zombie Stories
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Fun with Acronyms
The Stoic
Police are Useless
Funny Foreigner
Moment Killer
Famous Last Words
Major Injury Underreaction
Rape as Drama
Broken Pedestal
Credits Gag
Mighty Whitey
Broken Bird
Hollywood Law
Authority Equals Asskicking
Dirty Old Man
Serious Business
Scary Black Man
The Hero
Creative Closing Credits
Skewed Priorities
Would Hurt a Child
Adaptational Attractiveness
Expy
Action Prologue
Attempted Rape
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Calling the Old Man Out
Fake Shemp
Artistic License History
Bad "Bad Acting"
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Pretty in Mink
In Name Only
The Dreaded
HeelFace Turn
Dutch Angle
Disguised in Drag
Driven to Suicide
Action Genre
Blatant Lies
Undying Loyalty
Better to Die than Be Killed
My Beloved Smother
What the Hell, Hero?
The Stinger
Drugs Are Bad
Wham Shot
As You Know
Pragmatic Villainy
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Wham Line
Villain Opening Scene
Pretty Little Headshots
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Abhorrent Admirer
Gratuitous English
Once More, with Clarity!
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
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The Hero Dies
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Together in Death
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He Knows Too Much
Vampire Fiction
Silence Is Golden
It's All About Me
Yandere
Action Survivor
Mistaken for Gay
The Un-Favourite
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Nice Guy
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Overly Long Gag
Evil Sounds Deep
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Accidental Misnaming
Truth in Television
Mr. Exposition
Laughing Mad
Department of Redundancy Department
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Disappeared Dad
Novelization
Papa Wolf
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Market-Based Title
Never Found the Body
Same Language Dub
Irony
Babies Ever After
Get Out!
Even Evil Has Standards
Death Glare
Redshirt Army
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Jitter Cam
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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My God, What Have I Done?
Lock and Load Montage
What Happened to the Mouse?
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No-Sell
Man on Fire
Black and Gray Morality
Fourth Date Marriage
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Documentary
Demonic Possession
The Power of Love
Tap on the Head
Dissonant Serenity
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Stealth Pun
Storming the Castle
Asshole Victim
Politically Incorrect Villain
Spell My Name with an "S"
Failed a Spot Check
Gender Flip
Extremely Short Timespan
Super Strength
Spiritual Successor
Award-Bait Song
Disney Death
Anachronism Stew
Bottomless Magazines
Badass in a Nice Suit
Improbable Aiming Skills
Motor Mouth
Implacable Man
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Captain Ersatz
Not So Different
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Race Against the Clock
Dies Wide Open
Rousing Speech
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Creator Cameo
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Brainless Beauty
Token Minority
In Medias Res
Taking You with Me
Determinator
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Eagleland
Nice Hat
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Interrupted Suicide
Public Domain Feature Films
Chekhov's Gunman
Femme Fatale
Older Than They Look
Darker and Edgier
Badass Longcoat
Cool Guns
Villain with Good Publicity
Abusive Parents
Mundane Made Awesome
The Sociopath
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Chiaroscuro
More Dakka
From Bad to Worse
Alpha Bitch
Meaningful Echo
Dumb Blonde
Covers Always Lie
Framing Device
Gold Digger
Big Bad Duumvirate
Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Cameo
The Starscream
It Can Think
'80s Hair
Cluster F-Bomb
The End... Or Is It?
Deal with the Devil
Artistic License Geography
Crazy-Prepared
Foregone Conclusion
Properly Paranoid
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Unreliable Narrator
Hypocritical Humor
Running Gag
Dark Reprise
Wicked Cultured
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Jump Scare
Accidental Murder
Bi the Way
Victoria's Secret Compartment
The Ditz
Chase Scene
And the Adventure Continues
Curse Cut Short
Never Trust a Trailer
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Death by Irony
FaceHeel Turn
Heroic Sacrifice
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Adaptation Dye-Job
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Mythology Gag
Drives Like Crazy
Gory Discretion Shot
Establishing Character Moment
Rasputinian Death
Did Not Get the Girl
Married to the Job
Alas, Poor Villain
Daddy's Girl
Berserk Button
Historical In-Joke
Insane Troll Logic
Small Name, Big Ego
Faking the Dead
Artistic License Physics
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Fantastic Racism
Fat Bastard
The Bully
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Crucified Hero Shot
Costume Porn
Noodle Incident
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Flipping the Bird
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Rule of Cool
Not Quite Dead
Disproportionate Retribution
Ripped from the Headlines
Historical Hero Upgrade
Adult Fear
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The '50s
Bound and Gagged
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Dwindling Party
After the End
Parental Incest
"Awesome McCool" Name
Guile Hero
Smug Snake
The Mafia
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Heroes Want Redheads
Fish out of Water
How We Got Here
Oh, Crap!
Bar Brawl
Artistic License Biology
Hate Sink
Punch-Clock Villain
Shirtless Scene
Annoying Younger Sibling
Arch-Enemy
Fanservice
Bare Your Midriff
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Make It Look Like an Accident
Earn Your Happy Ending
Hidden Depths
La Résistance
The Brute
Loads and Loads of Characters
Let's Get Dangerous!
You Killed My Father
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Mood Whiplash
The Chessmaster
Big Applesauce
True Companions
Agony of the Feet
Romantic Comedy
Took a Level in Jerkass
Room Full of Crazy
Japanese Films
Jerkass
Evil Plan
The Lancer
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Action Girl
Bilingual Bonus
Ms. Fanservice
Improbable Weapon User
Shown Their Work
Big Brother Instinct
Anyone Can Die
War Is Hell
Stalker with a Crush
Not So Stoic
No Ending
Plot Hole
Real Life
The Mole
Good Is Not Nice
Historical Villain Upgrade
One-Word Title
The Place
Index of Film Westerns
Red Herring
Character Development
Biopic
Men Are the Expendable Gender
The Faceless
Not Using the "Z" Word
Spanner in the Works
Big Fancy House
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Protagonist Title
Actually Pretty Funny
Not So Above It All
Translation Convention
Country Matters
Age Lift
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Armor-Piercing Question
Beware the Nice Ones
The Big Guy
Eyepatch of Power
Casting Gag
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Wrong Genre Savvy
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Meaningful Background Event
The Casanova
Shout-Out
Serial Killer
Enemy Mine
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
The Smart Guy
As Himself
Honor Before Reason
The Film of the Book
Genre Savvy
Killed Mid-Sentence
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Those Two Guys
Knight Templar
From Nobody to Nightmare
Guns Akimbo
Soundtrack Dissonance
Race Lift
Ascended Extra
Left the Background Music On
Defrosting Ice Queen
Reality Has No Subtitles
Reality Ensues
Australian Movies
Curb-Stomp Battle
Loophole Abuse
Grievous Bottley Harm
Eiffel Tower Effect
Villain Song
The Smurfette Principle
Mooks
Humans Are Bastards
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Bald of Evil
Adorkable
The Load
Sequel Hook
Funny Background Event
Conspicuous CG
Body Horror
Batman Gambit
Beta Couple
Gainax Ending
Hoist by His Own Petard
Dramatic Gun Cock
Taking the Bullet
The Un-Reveal
Mad Scientist
Martial Arts Movie
Only Known by Their Nickname
Crapsack World
Self-Deprecation
Spared by the Adaptation
Malevolent Masked Men
Immune to Bullets
Red Right Hand
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Betty and Veronica
Pimped-Out Dress
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Celebrity Paradox
Straight Gay
And Starring
Boom, Headshot!
Bland-Name Product
Put on a Bus
Film Noir
Revenge
Bloodier and Gorier
An Axe to Grind
Villain Protagonist
Big Damn Heroes
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Have a Gay Old Time
Foil
Overprotective Dad
Made of Explodium
For Want of a Nail
Bury Your Gays
All Just a Dream
I'm a Humanitarian
Took a Level in Badass
Due to the Dead
Dark and Troubled Past
Christmas Movies Index
Not What It Looks Like
Parental Abandonment
Intrepid Reporter
Dirty Coward
Slasher Smile
Call-Back
Didn't Think This Through
Rule of Symbolism
A Date with Rosie Palms
Neck Snap
Hollywood Darkness
Never Trust a Trailer
Only One Name
Coming-of-Age Story
All for Nothing