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