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