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