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