Tropescilloscope: Worthy Opponent

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