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