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