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