Tropescilloscope: Kids Are Cruel
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Riddle for the Ages
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Blood from the Mouth
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Shown Their Work
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Evil Laugh
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Real Life
Bring My Brown Pants
Beard of Evil
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Room Full of Crazy
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Too Dumb to Live
Important Haircut
Soft Glass
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My Greatest Failure
Scenery Porn
Eldritch Abomination
The Bully
Tempting Fate
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No Ending
Due to the Dead
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Real Life Writes the Plot
The Power of Love
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Adults Are Useless
Have a Gay Old Time
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Death by Sex
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Film Noir Index
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Deal with the Devil
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Bullying a Dragon
Made of Explodium
After the End
Does This Remind You of Anything?
What You Are in the Dark
Apocalypse How
Say My Name
Anguished Declaration of Love
Rule of Symbolism
Death by Irony
No Antagonist
Slasher Smile
Really Gets Around
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
It's Personal
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Casting Gag
Redemption Equals Death
Crazy Jealous Guy
Vampire Fiction
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Trailers Always Spoil
Wrong Genre Savvy
Time Skip
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The Un-Favourite
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Not So Stoic
Ms. Fanservice
Rule of Cool
Horror Films
Index of Film Westerns
Interrupted Suicide
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Expository Hairstyle Change
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She's Got Legs
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Bait-and-Switch
Overly Long Gag
Evil Counterpart
Public Domain Feature Films
Hell Is That Noise
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An Axe to Grind
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It Will Never Catch On
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
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Needs Wiki Magic Love
Off with His Head!
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Dropped a Bridge on Him
Dark Is Not Evil
Totally Radical
Only a Flesh Wound
Stealth Hi/Bye
Music Stories
All There in the Script
Serious Business
Your Cheating Heart
Action Girl
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Eiffel Tower Effect
Translation Convention
Hate Sink
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
True Companions
Villain with Good Publicity
Toilet Humour
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This Is Gonna Suck
Parental Abandonment
Older Than They Look
Funny Background Event
Adaptation Distillation
As Himself
Dark Action Girl
Anti-Villain
Abhorrent Admirer
Killed Mid-Sentence
Adaptation Dye-Job
Bloodless Carnage
Creator Cameo
Author Avatar
Film Noir
Badass Grandpa
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Stalker with a Crush
Slasher Movie
Scary Black Man
Love at First Sight
Black and Gray Morality
Sole Survivor
The Alcoholic
Ominous Latin Chanting
Face Death with Dignity
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Self-Deprecation
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
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Black Dude Dies First
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What the Hell, Hero?
Oh, Crap!
Bi the Way
Sealed Evil in a Can
All There in the Manual
Wicked Cultured
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The Film of the Book
Didn't Think This Through
Male Gaze
Kill 'em All
Last-Name Basis
Corrupt Corporate Executive
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In Medias Res
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Deus ex Machina
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He Knows Too Much
Every Car Is a Pinto
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Not So Different
Nothing Is Scarier
A God Am I
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In Name Only
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All for Nothing
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Spared by the Adaptation
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Here We Go Again!
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Anyone Can Die
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Outrun the Fireball
Dramedy
Token Minority
Broken Pedestal
Heroes Want Redheads
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For the Evulz
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
My Beloved Smother
Break the Cutie
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Fire-Forged Friends
Central Theme
Dogged Nice Guy
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Knight Templar
Death of a Child
Canon Foreigner
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Asshole Victim
Idiot Ball
Captain Ersatz
Male Frontal Nudity
Let's Get Dangerous!
Kubrick Stare
Loophole Abuse
Kill It with Fire
Take That!
Our Vampires Are Different
Creative Closing Credits
Age Lift
Recycled IN SPACE!
Cloudcuckoolander
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Crucified Hero Shot
Take a Third Option
Evil Brit
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Fatal Family Photo
N-Word Privileges
Sexy Discretion Shot
Genre Throwback
Running Gag
I Did What I Had to Do
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Hypocritical Humor
The Load
Bilingual Bonus
Psychological Thriller
Laser-Guided Karma
Loads and Loads of Characters
Badass Longcoat
Obviously Evil
For Want of a Nail
Toplessness from the Back
Even Evil Has Standards
Betty and Veronica
Damsel in Distress
Posthumous Character
"Awesome McCool" Name
Dissonant Serenity
Big Eater
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Neck Snap
Body Horror
Parental Neglect
Bloody Hilarious
Evil Is Hammy
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Bald of Evil
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Daylight Horror
Improvised Weapon
Eagleland
Crazy-Prepared
Big Brother Instinct
Expy
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Double Entendre
The Mafia
Left the Background Music On
Hero Antagonist
Dutch Angle
All Men Are Perverts
Overprotective Dad
Jerkass
Accidental Misnaming
Better to Die than Be Killed
Half the Man He Used to Be
Ghost Fiction
Show Within a Show
Insult Backfire
Death Glare
An Aesop
The Remake
Hero of Another Story
Meaningful Background Event
Took a Level in Badass
Awesome, but Impractical
Animal Motifs
Mooks
Adaptation Name Change
Deconstruction
HeelFace Turn
Sci-Fi Horror
Plucky Comic Relief
Pet the Dog
Adorkable
Femme Fatale
Not Quite Dead
All Just a Dream
Coming-of-Age Story
Back from the Dead
Fantastic Racism
Large Ham
No-Sell
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Hong Kong Films
Obfuscating Stupidity
Humiliation Conga
The End... Or Is It?
Alpha Bitch
The Chick
Took a Level in Jerkass
Noodle Incident
Creepy Child
Chekhov's Gun
Up to Eleven
Death by Adaptation
Be Careful What You Wish For
One-Man Army
Grievous Bottley Harm
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
It Can Think
Genre Shift
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Historical Villain Upgrade
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Historical-Domain Character
Market-Based Title
Failed a Spot Check
Evil-Detecting Dog
Arch-Enemy
Defiant to the End
Babies Ever After
Blood Knight
Evil vs. Evil
Scenery Gorn
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Man on Fire
Never Found the Body
Biopic
Faux Affably Evil
Playing Gertrude
Disney Villain Death
Spiritual Successor
Our Zombies Are Different
Ungrateful Bastard
Rape as Drama
Dressing as the Enemy
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Mr. Exposition
Deadpan Snarker
Reality Ensues
Slashed Throat
Enemy Mine
Dumb Blonde
Whole Plot Reference
Batman Gambit
Meaningful Name
The Chessmaster
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Made of Iron
Guns Akimbo
The Casanova
The '60s
Not So Above It All
Flashback
Ambiguous Ending
Twist Ending
Film Series
Visual Pun
Handicapped Badass
Red Herring
Chase Scene
The Stoic
Artistic License Biology
And the Adventure Continues
Smoking Is Cool
Easily Forgiven
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
All Girls Want Bad Boys
I Need a Freaking Drink
Blackmail
Italian Films
Pretty in Mink
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Together in Death
The Dragon
Match Cut
Your Head A-Splode
Villain Opening Scene
The Hero Dies
Monumental Damage
Dirty Old Man
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
And Starring
No Name Given
Immune to Bullets
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Gilligan Cut
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Epic Fail
BrotherSister Incest
Artistic License Law
Drowning My Sorrows
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Almost Kiss
Vomit Discretion Shot
Rousing Speech
Refuge in Audacity
Dirty Cop
Shipper on Deck
Non-Indicative Name
Friend to All Children
Sinister Minister
Documentary
Pyrrhic Victory
Big Damn Heroes
The Stoner
Insane Troll Logic
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Award-Bait Song
Foil
Aside Glance
Those Two Guys
Adaptational Villainy
Logo Joke
Celebrity Paradox
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Flipping the Bird
Does Not Like Shoes
Same Language Dub
Shirtless Scene
Romantic False Lead
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Morality Pet
Depraved Bisexual
Combat Pragmatist
Red Oni, Blue Oni
The Bad Guy Wins
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
A Minor Kidroduction
Product Placement
Insistent Terminology
Adaptational Badass
Mind Screw
Badass Boast
Humans Are Bastards
Red Shirt
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Everyone Has Standards
Fanservice
Naked People Are Funny
It's All About Me
Artistic License Military
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Stylistic Suck
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Red Right Hand
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Fourth Date Marriage
Fiery Redhead
Cluster F-Bomb
Sequel Hook
Informed Ability
Camp Gay
Advertised Extra
More Dakka
Rewatch Bonus
Wham Line
Fate Worse than Death
Honor Before Reason
Pragmatic Adaptation
Shout-Out
Kick the Dog
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Nice Hat
Moment Killer
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
20 Minutes into the Future
Villain Ball
Dying Moment of Awesome
Offscreen Teleportation
Line-of-Sight Name
Mythology Gag
Downer Ending
The Mole
Tap on the Head
Green-Eyed Monster
Empathic Environment
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Groin Attack
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Romantic Comedy
Brutal Honesty
Dull Surprise
The Sociopath
Extreme Doormat
Intergenerational Friendship
You Have Failed Me
He Who Fights Monsters
Did Not Get the Girl
Only in It for the Money
Instant Death Bullet
Break the Haughty
Race Against the Clock
FaceHeel Turn
Fat Bastard
Amusing Injuries
Arc Words
The Vamp
Paper-Thin Disguise
Becoming the Mask
Meet Cute
The Atoner
Mad Scientist
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Small Name, Big Ego
She Cleans Up Nicely
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Stock Footage
Contrived Coincidence
The Ace
Missing Mom
Historical In-Joke
Adult Fear
Adaptational Attractiveness
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Kids Are Cruel
Dirty Coward
Jump Scare
Only Known by Their Nickname
Genre Savvy
Accidental Murder
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Gratuitous English
Dark Reprise
Only One Name
Artistic License Physics
Butt-Monkey
Wretched Hive
Rasputinian Death
Once More, with Clarity!
Fish out of Water
Eyepatch of Power
Historical Hero Upgrade
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Bad Boss
Ambiguously Gay
Amoral Attorney
Punny Name
Earn Your Happy Ending
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Bad "Bad Acting"
Chewing the Scenery
The Lost Lenore
Artistic License Gun Safety
Laughing Mad
Freudian Excuse
Fatal Flaw
An Arm and a Leg
Would Hit a Girl
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Cassandra Truth
Psycho for Hire
Science Fiction Films
Dark and Troubled Past
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Bland-Name Product
Title Drop
Cat Scare
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Comically Missing the Point
Evil Sounds Deep
Video Credits
Defrosting Ice Queen
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Funny Foreigner
Reality Has No Subtitles
British Films
You Killed My Father
Silent Movie
Properly Paranoid
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Artistic License History
Badass Normal
Gold Digger
Captain Obvious
Mystery and Detective Films
Revenge
Fun with Acronyms
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Children Are Innocent
Manly Tears
Final Girl
The '50s
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Brick Joke
Smug Snake
Darker and Edgier
Guile Hero
Crapsack World
The Lancer
Rule of Funny
Vitriolic Best Buds
La Résistance
Rich Bitch
Fake Shemp
Bavarian Fire Drill
Henpecked Husband
Air-Vent Passageway
Wham Shot
Put on a Bus
Dies Wide Open
Never My Fault
The Hero
Gone Horribly Right
The Place
Greater-Scope Villain
And I Must Scream
BFG
Actually Pretty Funny
Covers Always Lie
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Cat Fight
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Broken Bird
Sequel Escalation
Abusive Parents
Driven to Suicide
Berserk Button
Annoying Younger Sibling
Affectionate Parody
Villain Song
Epic Movie
Double-Meaning Title
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Hidden Depths
Ax-Crazy
Drives Like Crazy
The Un-Reveal
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Tranquil Fury
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Parental Incest
Politically Incorrect Villain
Mama Bear
Imagine Spot
Would Hurt a Child
Curb-Stomp Battle
Fingore
Spanner in the Works
Gender Flip
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Psychopathic Manchild
Exact Words
Retirony
Mercy Kill
Thriller
Armor-Piercing Question
Drugs Are Bad
Sadistic Choice
Stealth Pun
Spell My Name with an "S"
Alliterative Name
French Films
Fan Disservice
Reasonable Authority Figure
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
The Great Depression
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Gory Discretion Shot
Motor Mouth
Broken Aesop
Mr. Fanservice
Soundtrack Dissonance
Famous Last Words
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Improbable Weapon User
Leave the Camera Running
Manipulative Bastard
From Nobody to Nightmare
Big Applesauce
Happily Married