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