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