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