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