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