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