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