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