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