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