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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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Bring My Brown Pants
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight
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I Did What I Had to Do
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I Have Your Wife
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Police are Useless
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Evil Laugh
Rape as Drama
Disproportionate Retribution
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Fat Bastard
Big Brother Instinct
Crazy Jealous Guy
Never Trust a Trailer
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Plot Hole
Even Evil Has Standards
Last-Name Basis
Author Appeal
Cain and Abel
Visual Pun
Heroes Want Redheads
Vitriolic Best Buds
'80s Hair
Beware the Nice Ones
Knife Nut
Naïve Newcomer
Department of Redundancy Department
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
The Dragon
Affectionate Parody
Leitmotif
Drugs Are Bad
Stealth Pun
The End... Or Is It?
Big Damn Heroes
The Place
The Dreaded
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Evil Sounds Deep
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Male Frontal Nudity
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Imagine Spot
Martial Arts Movie
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Pet the Dog
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Determinator
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Room Full of Crazy
Smoking Is Cool
As the Good Book Says...
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Rewatch Bonus
My God, What Have I Done?
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Taking You with Me
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MayDecember Romance
In the Back
Laughing Mad
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Loads and Loads of Characters
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Up to Eleven
Bad Boss
Older Than They Look
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Half the Man He Used to Be
Male Gaze
Neck Lift
Epic Fail
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Fish out of Water
Contrived Coincidence
Comically Missing the Point
The Stoic
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Book-Ends
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Cool Car
Our Vampires Are Different
Superhero
Improbable Infant Survival
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Daddy's Girl
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Load
The Bad Guy Wins
Adaptation Expansion
Rule of Cool
Dark and Troubled Past
Real Life Writes the Plot
Bare Your Midriff
Parental Neglect
20 Minutes into the Future
Curb-Stomp Battle
Sole Survivor
Would Hurt a Child
Freudian Excuse
Show Within a Show
Guile Hero
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Mooks
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
"Awesome McCool" Name
Irony
Too Dumb to Live
Advertised Extra
Fatal Flaw
Five-Man Band
Lampshade Hanging
You Killed My Father
Meaningful Echo
Rich Bitch
Light Is Not Good
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Instant Death Bullet
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Trailers Always Spoil
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Anti-Villain
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Christmas Movies Index
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Adorkable
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Anachronic Order
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Vampire Fiction
Deal with the Devil
Disney Villain Death
No Name Given
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
No OSHA Compliance
Children Are Innocent
The Remake
Wrong Genre Savvy
Card-Carrying Villain
Naked People Are Funny
Crapsack World
Didn't Think This Through
No Ending
Loophole Abuse
Setting Update
Downer Ending
Bolivian Army Ending
My Beloved Smother
Non-Indicative Name
Get Out!
Genre Throwback
Back from the Dead
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Fingore
Coming-of-Age Story
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Historical Hero Upgrade
Intergenerational Friendship
Nice Guy
Failed a Spot Check
Truth in Television
Reality Is Unrealistic
Only a Flesh Wound
Pretty in Mink
Beard of Evil
Random Events Plot
Motor Mouth
Hollywood Law
After the End
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Match Cut
Extremely Short Timespan
The Chessmaster
Green-Eyed Monster
Jerkass Has a Point
The '50s
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Rousing Speech
Mr. Fanservice
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He Who Fights Monsters
Overprotective Dad
Black Comedy Rape
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Rated M for Manly
Made of Iron
You Have Failed Me
Married to the Job
Villain Opening Scene
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Asshole Victim
And Starring
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Suddenly SHOUTING!
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Romantic Comedy
Villain Ball
Woman in White
FaceHeel Turn
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War Is Hell
Actually Pretty Funny
Heel Realization
Affably Evil
Rule of Symbolism
It Can Think
Off with His Head!
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Left the Background Music On
Rule of Three
Crazy-Prepared
Due to the Dead
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Diabolus ex Machina
No Antagonist
Serial Killer
Obfuscating Stupidity
Dark Action Girl
Credits Gag
Amoral Attorney
Berserk Button
Honor Before Reason
Badass Normal
Eyepatch of Power
A God Am I
Self-Deprecation
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Fate Worse than Death
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Title Drop
All There in the Script
Happily Married
Idiot Ball
Slashed Throat
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Bound and Gagged
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Never Trust a Trailer
Took a Level in Jerkass
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Ass Shove
The '70s
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
All There in the Manual
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Stealth Hi/Bye
This Is Gonna Suck
Babies Ever After
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Needs Wiki Magic Love
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Bowdlerise
Attempted Rape
One Steve Limit
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A Minor Kidroduction
The Sociopath
Groin Attack
Broken Aesop
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Body Horror
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Psychopathic Manchild
Dressing as the Enemy
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
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Country Matters
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Covers Always Lie
Alas, Poor Villain
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Really Gets Around
Kick the Dog
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Ripped from the Headlines
Mugging the Monster
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Grey and Gray Morality
The Bully
Foil
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Handicapped Badass
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Hoist by His Own Petard
Cassandra Truth
All Men Are Perverts
Mama Bear
The Faceless
Creepy Child
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Big Applesauce
The Hero Dies
True Companions
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She's Got Legs
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Award-Bait Song
Be Careful What You Wish For
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Immune to Bullets
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The Big Guy
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Funny Background Event
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Sinister Minister
Outrun the Fireball
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Evil vs. Evil
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Our Zombies Are Different
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Kids Are Cruel
The Voiceless
Refuge in Audacity
Maybe Ever After
Not Quite Dead
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
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Spell My Name with an "S"
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The '90s
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Kill 'em All
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Let's Get Dangerous!
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She Cleans Up Nicely
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Death Seeker
All for Nothing
Adults Are Useless
Mr. Exposition
My Greatest Failure
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Gold Digger
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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Leave the Camera Running
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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Took a Level in Badass
Darkest Hour
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Real Life
Have a Gay Old Time
Dwindling Party
Earn Your Happy Ending
Captain Obvious
Small Name, Big Ego
Race Against the Clock
Drowning My Sorrows
As You Know
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
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It's Personal
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All Just a Dream
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Dirty Old Man
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Never Found the Body
I'm a Humanitarian
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Badass in a Nice Suit
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog
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Ms. Fanservice
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Taking the Bullet
Final Girl
Large Ham
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Heroic Sacrifice
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
Artistic License Physics
Insistent Terminology
Redemption Equals Death
Those Wacky Nazis
Dying Moment of Awesome
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Animal Motifs
Re-Cut
BrotherSister Incest
And I Must Scream
Blood from the Mouth
Bond One-Liner
The Musical
Alpha Bitch
Every Car Is a Pinto
Kick the Son of a Bitch
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I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Ungrateful Bastard
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Say My Name
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Defrosting Ice Queen
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The Lancer
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Foregone Conclusion
Good Is Not Nice
Oh, Crap!
Bavarian Fire Drill
Gorn
Disguised in Drag
Genre Savvy
Market-Based Title
Those Two Bad Guys
Storming the Castle
Missing Mom
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Domestic Abuse
Take That!
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Mythology Gag
Badass Longcoat
For the Evulz
Race Lift
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Dropped a Bridge on Him
Star-Crossed Lovers
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Ship Tease
Easily Forgiven
Accidental Misnaming
In Medias Res
Blatant Lies
Tap on the Head
How We Got Here
Better to Die than Be Killed
Lighter and Softer
Famous Last Words
Fun with Acronyms
Translation Convention
NO INDOOR VOICE
Combat Pragmatist
The Brute
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Brainless Beauty
Brutal Honesty
Bloody Hilarious
MacGuffin
Big Fancy House
Bar Brawl
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Love at First Sight
One-Man Army
Developing Doomed Characters
Vomit Discretion Shot
Hollywood Darkness
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Parental Substitute
Black Best Friend
Manly Tears
Poor Communication Kills
Mercy Kill
Tranquil Fury
Scary Black Man
Demonic Possession
Wham Shot
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Epic Movie
Arranged Marriage
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Big-Bad Ensemble
Psycho for Hire
An Arm and a Leg
Silence Is Golden
Sports Stories
Apocalypse How
Broken Pedestal
Playing Gertrude
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Only Known by Their Nickname
Soft Glass
From Bad to Worse
Villain Song
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Cowboy Cop
Shipper on Deck
Bury Your Gays
The Lost Lenore
Improvised Weapon
Punch-Clock Villain
Television Movie Index
Nothing Is Scarier
Calling the Old Man Out
Depraved Bisexual
Animal Title Index
The Great Depression
Eureka Moment
Empathic Environment
Deconstruction
Wham Line
The Film of the Book
Your Head A-Splode
Big Eater
A Date with Rosie Palms
The Starscream
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Stuff Blowing Up
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Undying Loyalty
Retirony
Historical Villain Upgrade
The Smurfette Principle
Despair Event Horizon
Jerkass
Punny Name
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Spiritual Successor
For Want of a Nail
Fanservice
Anyone Can Die
Artistic License Military
Driven to Suicide
Bottomless Magazines
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Australian Movies
Bland-Name Product
Nice Hat
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Put on a Bus
More Dakka
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Dull Surprise
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Bloodier and Gorier
Pragmatic Villainy
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Pimped-Out Dress
Drives Like Crazy
Posthumous Character
Hate Sink
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Those Two Guys
Anti-Hero
Break the Cutie
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Black Dude Dies First
Dirty Coward
Love Triangle
Blood Knight
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Evil Brit
Central Theme
Evil Plan
Your Cheating Heart
Mighty Whitey
Only in It for the Money
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He Knows Too Much
Genre Shift
It Will Never Catch On
Auto Erotica
As Himself
Paper-Thin Disguise
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Improbable Aiming Skills
Bittersweet Ending
Sci-Fi Horror
Riddle for the Ages
La Résistance
Costume Porn
Corpsing
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Serious Business
Adaptational Villainy
Mistaken for Gay
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Pyrrhic Victory
Take a Third Option
The '80s
Never My Fault
Here We Go Again!
Make It Look Like an Accident
Canon Foreigner
The Cavalry
Wicked Cultured
Bilingual Bonus
What You Are in the Dark
Chekhov's Gun
Important Haircut
Moment Killer
Action Survivor
Facial Horror
Friend to All Children
Death Glare
Red Herring
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Only Sane Man
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Alliterative Name
Villainous Breakdown
Everyone Has Standards
Cool Old Lady
"Shaggy Dog" Story
N-Word Privileges
Call-Forward
Police Brutality
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Catch-Phrase
Sassy Black Woman
Batman Gambit
Dutch Angle
Whole Plot Reference
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Gender Flip
Deus ex Machina
Double Entendre
I Need a Freaking Drink
Pretty Little Headshots
Animated Credits Opening
Sadistic Choice
Fiery Redhead
Together in Death
Would Hit a Girl
Black Comedy
Almost Kiss
Badass Bookworm
The '60s
The Reveal
Shown Their Work
An Axe to Grind
It's All About Me
Intrepid Reporter
Reality Has No Subtitles
Rule of Funny
Only One Name
Extreme Doormat
Cool Old Guy
The Alcoholic
Thriller
Scare Chord
Red Right Hand
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Historical In-Joke
Not So Stoic
Flashback
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Meaningful Name