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