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