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