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