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