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