Tropescilloscope: The Quiet One

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Fan Disservice Intergenerational Friendship Stealth Hi/Bye Defrosting Ice Queen Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Police Brutality Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Scare Chord Scenery Gorn '80s Hair Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Darker and Edgier Rousing Speech Bait-and-Switch Fat Bastard Twist Ending Fake Shemp Spell My Name with an "S" Chiaroscuro Posthumous Character I Need a Freaking Drink Annoying Younger Sibling Self-Deprecation Rule of Cool Arc Words Woman in White Does Not Like Shoes Super Strength Translation Convention Green-Eyed Monster Babies Ever After Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Wounded Gazelle Gambit The Sociopath Pre-Mortem One-Liner Five-Man Band Cassandra Truth She Cleans Up Nicely Author Appeal Chekhov's Gun From Nobody to Nightmare Dramedy The Remake Age Lift Hidden Depths Older Than They Look Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! An Aesop Bi the Way Retirony Romantic False Lead Deus ex Machina Shell-Shocked Veteran Abhorrent Admirer Rule of Symbolism Danny Peary Cult Movies List Disney Death Asshole Victim Cool Old Guy Bound and Gagged Black Dude Dies First O.O.C. Is Serious Business Covers Always Lie Evil Is Petty Happily Married Big Brother Instinct Disappeared Dad Double Entendre Accidental Misnaming Leave the Camera Running Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Hero of Another Story Toplessness from the Back Darkest Hour Slap-Slap-Kiss Defiant to the End Dogged Nice Guy Cruel and Unusual Death Laser-Guided Karma Central Theme Retired Badass Slasher Smile Skewed Priorities Big-Bad Ensemble Man on Fire Groin Attack Drives Like Crazy The Stoner Gilligan Cut Male Frontal Nudity Nice Hat Celebrity Paradox Auto Erotica Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Coming-of-Age Story Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Neck Lift Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Rich Bitch The Ace Running Gag The Hero Black Comedy Rape Line-of-Sight Name Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Not So Above It All Insane Troll Logic Rape as Drama Star-Crossed Lovers Victoria's Secret Compartment folderlabel Daylight Horror The Chick Match Cut Fatal Family Photo Animated Credits Opening Downer Ending Japanese Films Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Femme Fatale Four-Temperament Ensemble Romantic Comedy Horror Comedy Sadistic Choice Mercy Kill Really Gets Around Redemption Equals Death The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Get Out! Peek-a-Boo Corpse B-Movie Camp Gay Authority Equals Asskicking Anachronic Order Last-Name Basis Mad Scientist Let's Get Dangerous! War Is Hell Faux Affably Evil Bond One-Liner It's All About Me Cain and Abel Homage Truth in Television Spiteful Spit Bond Villain Stupidity The Smurfette Principle Deliberate Values Dissonance Calling the Old Man Out Fatal Flaw Aside Glance He Knows Too Much Historical Villain Upgrade Ax-Crazy Zombie Stories Affectionate Parody One-Word Title Vampire Fiction Catch-Phrase Fanservice Those Two Guys No Celebrities Were Harmed Captain Ersatz The Mole Artistic License – Geography Bare Your Midriff In Name Only Brainless Beauty After the End Freudian Excuse Psychopathic Manchild Villain Song One-Man Army Daddy's Girl Ironic Echo Extreme Doormat Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Rule of Funny Dark and Troubled Past Mighty Whitey Ungrateful Bastard Book-Ends Malevolent Masked Men Epic Movie Made of Iron Catapult Nightmare Pragmatic Adaptation Genre Savvy Demonic Possession Well-Intentioned Extremist Psychological Thriller Take a Third Option Hair-Trigger Temper Even Evil Has Standards Logo Joke Blatant Lies As You Know You Killed My Father Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Mood Whiplash Apocalypse How Title Drop Animal Title Index Expy Dirty Coward Enemy Mine All Men Are Perverts Hell Is That Noise Dies Wide Open The Film of the Book Morality Pet May–December Romance Bury Your Gays BFG Reality Has No Subtitles One Steve Limit Redshirt Army Eureka Moment Conspicuous CG Frame-Up This Is Gonna Suck Gratuitous English No Antagonist Imagine Spot Driven to Suicide The Cameo Domestic Abuse Bad "Bad Acting" Film Noir Index The Dreaded Politically Incorrect Villain Artistic License – History Sci-Fi Horror Only Known by Their Nickname Film Noir Kill It with Fire Jerkass Has a Point Heroic BSoD Non-Indicative Name No-Sell Scary Black Man Would Hit a Girl Bloodier and Gorier Here We Go Again! 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Overprotective Dad Artistic License – Military German Films Superhero I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Large Ham Bland-Name Product Brutal Honesty Totally Radical Gender Flip Only One Name The Stinger Badass Bookworm Soft Glass Unreliable Narrator Adults Are Useless Developing Doomed Characters Cold-Blooded Torture NO INDOOR VOICE Dutch Angle Revenge Woman Scorned Tempting Fate Stock Footage The Reveal Dressing as the Enemy Cluster F-Bomb Wretched Hive Nice Guy Sole Survivor Spared by the Adaptation Real Life Writes the Plot Country Matters Suspiciously Similar Substitute Major Injury Underreaction Contrived Coincidence Sealed Evil in a Can Killed Mid-Sentence Silent Movie Whole Plot Reference Bilingual Bonus Grievous Bottley Harm Big Applesauce Improbable Weapon User Pretty Little Headshots Hollywood Law Knight Templar Obviously Evil Affably Evil Dull Surprise Shown Their Work Flipping the Bird Big Bad Duumvirate Canadian Movies Even Evil Has Loved Ones Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Creator Cameo Blood from the Mouth Adaptational Attractiveness Reasonable Authority Figure Cool Shades Have a Gay Old Time No Name Given Smug Snake "The Reason You Suck" Speech Smoking Is Cool No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Dissonant Serenity You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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Badass Normal Science Fiction Films Rule of Three Only in It for the Money Curse Cut Short Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Pre-Asskicking One-Liner My Greatest Failure Hope Spot Beauty Is Never Tarnished He Who Fights Monsters Final Girl Product Placement Never My Fault Famous Last Words Alas, Poor Villain Novelization La Résistance Not So Different Irony Anti-Hero Protagonist Title Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Unwitting Instigator of Doom Bald of Evil Off with His Head! Camera Abuse Trailers Always Spoil Scenery Porn Amoral Attorney Intrepid Reporter It Can Think Needs Wiki Magic Love Crazy Jealous Guy Artistic License – Biology Broken Pedestal A Date with Rosie Palms Deliberately Monochrome Humiliation Conga Action Genre Dropped a Bridge on Him Fate Worse than Death It's Personal Wham Shot And Starring Big "NO!" 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Wham Line Easily Forgiven From Bad to Worse Stealth Pun Naïve Newcomer Kubrick Stare As Himself Big Damn Heroes Adaptation Expansion Accidental Murder Unusual Euphemism Better to Die than Be Killed Exactly What It Says on the Tin Evil vs. Evil World of Ham Love Triangle Closed Circle Decoy Protagonist Video Credits MacGuffin Leitmotif Evil Plan Death of a Child Men Are the Expendable Gender Death by Adaptation As the Good Book Says... All There in the Script Shower Scene In the Back Your Cheating Heart The Smart Guy Vacation Films Visual Pun Documentary The Load Expository Hairstyle Change Lock and Load Montage Gorn Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Evil Laugh Retcon Historical Hero Upgrade Heroic Sacrifice Pet the Dog The Casanova Meaningful Echo Henpecked Husband In Medias Res Hypocrite Our Vampires Are Different Combat Pragmatist Kick the Dog Eiffel Tower Effect Shipper on Deck A Father to His Men Call-Back Gainax Ending Curb-Stomp Battle Idiot Ball There Is No Kill Like Overkill Costume Porn Ambiguous Disorder "Shaggy Dog" Story Red Oni, Blue Oni The '80s Chekhov's Gunman Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Russian Films Bolivian Army Ending Time Skip Dual Wielding Ascended Extra Nothing Is Scarier The Starscream Fourth Date Marriage Those Two Bad Guys Random Events Plot Kick the Son of a Bitch Took a Level in Jerkass Offscreen Moment of Awesome The Stoic Alliterative Name Beard of Evil The Bad Guy Wins Creative Closing Credits Show Within a Show N-Word Privileges Undying Loyalty Rewatch Bonus Christmas Movies Index Mooks Shirtless Scene Would Hurt a Child Punch-Clock Villain Villainous Breakdown Stylistic Suck Mama Bear Mugging the Monster Race Lift Only Sane Man Evil Brit The Atoner Very Loosely Based on a True Story Maybe Ever After Fanservice Extra Awesome, but Impractical Dirty Cop Male Gaze Pyrrhic Victory Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Funny Foreigner Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Beta Couple Foil Children Are Innocent Double-Meaning Title Ghost Fiction Obstructive Bureaucrat Bloodless Carnage Credits Gag Naked People Are Funny No OSHA Compliance The Mafia The Big Guy Be Careful What You Wish For Drowning My Sorrows Anyone Can Die The Dog Bites Back Actor Allusion Took a Level in Badass Boom, Headshot! Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Determinator Gory Discretion Shot Batman Gambit Kill 'em All Author Avatar Ass Shove Adult Fear Chase Scene Heel Realization Freeze-Frame Bonus Humans Are Bastards Hooker with a Heart of Gold Call-Forward Determinator aka: The Determinator Vomit Discretion Shot Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane The Alcoholic Face Death with Dignity Australian Movies What You Are in the Dark Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor "Awesome McCool" Name What Happened to the Mouse? 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