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