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