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