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