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