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