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