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