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