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