Tropescilloscope: Revenge

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