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