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