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