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