Tropescilloscope: She Cleans Up Nicely

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