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