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