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