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