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