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