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