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