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