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