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