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