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