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