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