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