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