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