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