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