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