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