Tropescilloscope: Our Zombies Are Different

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