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