Tropescilloscope: The Quiet One

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Epilogue It's Personal Well-Intentioned Extremist Male Gaze Offscreen Moment of Awesome Corpsing Mood Whiplash Put on a Bus Sexy Discretion Shot Large Ham Guns Akimbo Dumb Blonde Those Two Bad Guys And I Must Scream Motor Mouth Dies Wide Open Historical-Domain Character Eureka Moment The Chick As Long as It Sounds Foreign Slasher Smile The Chessmaster Eyepatch of Power Pet the Dog Mr. Fanservice Jerkass Has a Point Affably Evil Distracted by the Sexy The Stinger Eagleland Fun with Acronyms Manic Pixie Dream Girl Foreshadowing Once More, with Clarity! Pragmatic Villainy Credits Gag Car Fu The X of Y Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday The Atoner From Nobody to Nightmare Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds My God, What Have I Done? Roaring Rampage of Revenge Badass Bookworm Disappeared Dad The '80s Death by Irony Rape as Drama Red Right Hand Decoy Protagonist Fate Worse than Death Action Girl German Films Word of God Madness Mantra The Remake The Cameo Gorn The Lost Lenore Frame-Up Spared by the Adaptation Animal Title Index Amoral Attorney Heel Realization Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy I'm a Humanitarian Evil Is Petty Horror Films Faking the Dead Didn't Think This Through Mistaken for Gay Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Early Installment Weirdness Works Set in World War II Kick the Dog Smoking Is Cool Crucified Hero Shot Anguished Declaration of Love Action Genre B-Movie The Quiet One Ungrateful Bastard A God Am I Accidental Murder Freudian Excuse Fantasy Films Hope Spot More Dakka Christmas Movies Index Affectionate Parody Big Bad Everyone Has Standards Villain Ball Brutal Honesty Idiot Ball Badass Grandpa timeperiod Psychopathic Manchild "The Reason You Suck" Speech Grievous Bottley Harm Would Hurt a Child No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Martial Arts Movie Dark Is Not Evil Never Trust a Trailer Oh, Crap! Beauty Is Never Tarnished Leaning on the Fourth Wall A Date with Rosie Palms Punch-Clock Villain Chewing the Scenery Only Sane Man Spanner in the Works Jerkass Peek-a-Boo Corpse Race Against the Clock Reasonable Authority Figure Flipping the Bird Hollywood Darkness Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Improbable Weapon User Author Appeal An Arm and a Leg Catch-Phrase Immune to Bullets Novelization Light Is Not Good The Smurfette Principle Manly Tears Visual Pun Bavarian Fire Drill Toplessness from the Back Aside Glance Animal Motifs Better to Die than Be Killed Chekhov's Skill Advertised Extra Blackmail Training Montage Logo Joke The Power of Love Big Fancy House Groin Attack Agony of the Feet Pre-Mortem One-Liner Fanservice The Mole The '90s Meaningful Background Event Evil Is Hammy The Alcoholic Blood from the Mouth Gory Discretion Shot The Hero Race Lift All for Nothing Taking You with Me Posthumous Character Laser-Guided Karma Manchild Hooker with a Heart of Gold Mystery and Detective Films Funny Foreigner Cold-Blooded Torture Badass Normal Tagline Red Herring Room Full of Crazy Hoist by His Own Petard Here We Go Again! Make It Look Like an Accident The Mafia Stalker with a Crush Never My Fault Truth in Television folderlabel Small Name, Big Ego Not So Stoic Dramedy The Dragon Sequel Hook Token Minority Genre Savvy Science Fiction Films World of Ham The Un-Reveal Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Our Vampires Are Different Broken Pedestal Greater-Scope Villain Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping In the Back Black Comedy Rape Meaningful Name Ambiguous Ending Heroic BSoD Knife Nut As Himself Dirty Old Man What the Hell, Hero? Fan Disservice Death Seeker Kubrick Stare Bury Your Gays The Vamp Adaptational Villainy All There in the Manual War Is Hell Left the Background Music On Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Evil Plan Naïve Newcomer Historical Villain Upgrade Badass Longcoat Spiritual Successor Despair Event Horizon No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Blatant Lies Ominous Latin Chanting Overly Long Gag Accidental Misnaming Shut Up, Hannibal! This Is Gonna Suck Only in It for the Money Bland-Name Product Gainax Ending Punny Name Ripped from the Headlines Took a Level in Jerkass Armor-Piercing Question Mighty Whitey Plucky Comic Relief Setting Update Adult Fear Evil-Detecting Dog Sacrificial Lion Wham Shot Love Triangle Red Eyes, Take Warning Air-Vent Passageway Have a Gay Old Time She Cleans Up Nicely Big-Bad Ensemble Cluster F-Bomb Music Stories Body Horror Cool Guns Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! No Ending Romantic False Lead Anachronic Order Fire-Forged Friends Soundtrack Dissonance Ax-Crazy Italian Films Humiliation Conga Bond Villain Stupidity Fainting Calling the Old Man Out Disguised in Drag No-Sell A Minor Kidroduction Parental Neglect Refuge in Audacity Children Are Innocent Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Sci-Fi Horror Maybe Ever After Awesome, but Impractical Needs Wiki Magic Love May–December Romance Hate Sink Bound and Gagged Defrosting Ice Queen Shown Their Work Daddy's Girl Animated Credits Opening Faux Affably Evil Zombie Stories A.I. Is a Crapshoot Sanity Slippage Woman in White Expy Abhorrent Admirer Psycho for Hire Our Zombies Are Different Homage Mercy Kill Villain Song Laughing Mad All Girls Want Bad Boys Catapult Nightmare Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Hypocrite Artistic License – History Intrepid Reporter Leave the Camera Running "Shaggy Dog" Story It Can Think Fake Shemp Failed a Spot Check Deliberately Monochrome Black Dude Dies First Soft Glass Every Car Is a Pinto Stepford Smiler Artistic License – Gun Safety The Great Depression Fatal Family Photo The Dreaded Death Glare Loophole Abuse All Men Are Perverts Taking the Bullet Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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Brother–Sister Incest I Have Your Wife Fanservice Extra Heroes Want Redheads Villain with Good Publicity Really Gets Around Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Smug Snake One-Word Title Adults Are Useless Killed Mid-Sentence Final Girl Police are Useless NO INDOOR VOICE Shipper on Deck One Steve Limit Real Life Politically Incorrect Villain Flashback Suspiciously Specific Denial Guile Hero Beta Couple Damsel in Distress Spiteful Spit Camp Gay Ms. Fanservice Rated M for Manly Cool Old Lady Narrator Cassandra Truth Pragmatic Adaptation What Happened to the Mouse? Blood Knight Dramatic Gun Cock Adaptational Heroism Scare Chord Running Gag "Well Done, Son!" 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After the End Camera Abuse Arranged Marriage Mad Scientist Product Placement The Sociopath And the Adventure Continues Auto Erotica Coming-of-Age Story Breaking the Fourth Wall Almost Kiss Scenery Porn Silence Is Golden Big Eater Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Bloodless Carnage Arc Words Getting Crap Past the Radar Line-of-Sight Name Cloudcuckoolander The Oner Straight Gay Protagonist Title Determinator aka: The Determinator Jump Scare Foregone Conclusion The Film of the Book Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Shout-Out Fat Bastard Vacation Films Extreme Doormat Naked People Are Funny Bond One-Liner Only Known by Their Nickname Retirony La Résistance Australian Movies Artistic License – Military Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Does This Remind You of Anything? 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Papa Wolf Serious Business Your Head A-Splode Parental Incest Paper-Thin Disguise The Hero Dies Downer Ending Death by Adaptation Those Wacky Nazis Rousing Speech Older Than They Look Five-Man Band Bald of Evil Vampire Fiction Amusing Injuries Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Sealed Evil in a Can For the Evulz Epic Fail The Faceless Take a Third Option Genre Throwback Danny Peary Cult Movies List Dwindling Party Unspoken Plan Guarantee Screw the Rules, I Have Money! The Load Interrupted Suicide Ship Tease Casting Gag Brainless Beauty Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Even Evil Has Loved Ones Real Life Writes the Plot Easily Forgiven Call-Back Creator Cameo Dramatic Irony Rasputinian Death Evil Sounds Deep Mind Screw Boom, Headshot! 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Contrived Coincidence Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Chiaroscuro From Bad to Worse Conspicuous CG Revenge Dogged Nice Guy Redemption Equals Death Villainous Breakdown Chase Scene Vomit Discretion Shot Documentary Sole Survivor Nice Hat Costume Porn Historical Hero Upgrade Pretty Little Headshots Famous Last Words Get Out! Suspiciously Similar Substitute Aluminum Christmas Trees Insane Troll Logic Enemy Mine Double-Meaning Title Dark Reprise Actually Pretty Funny Butt-Monkey Crapsack World He Who Fights Monsters Eye Scream Overprotective Dad Unresolved Sexual Tension No Name Given Rule of Cool Ass Shove Informed Ability "Awesome McCool" Name Cat Fight Wham Line Hidden Depths O.O.C. Is Serious Business Jerk Jock Neck Lift Artistic License – Geography Babies Ever After Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Dutch Angle Lock and Load Montage Bad "Bad Acting" Not Quite Dead Bunny-Ears Lawyer Rule of Symbolism