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