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