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