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