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