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