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