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