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