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