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