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