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