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