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