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