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