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