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