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