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