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