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