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