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