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