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