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