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