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