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