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