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