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