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