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