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