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