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