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