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