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