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