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