Tropescilloscope: Public Domain Feature Films

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