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