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