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