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