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