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