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