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