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