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