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