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