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