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