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