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