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