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