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