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