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