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