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