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