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