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