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