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