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