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