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