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