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