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