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