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