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