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