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