Tropescilloscope: Frame-Up

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Adult Fear Ungrateful Bastard Fantastic Racism Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Dirty Cop Daddy's Girl Curb-Stomp Battle Artistic License – Geography Paper-Thin Disguise She's Got Legs Dropped a Bridge on Him British Films Jerkass Has a Point Obfuscating Stupidity Suddenly SHOUTING! Ambiguous Ending Award-Bait Song Red Herring Bloodier and Gorier Armor-Piercing Question Artistic License – Physics Crazy-Prepared Half the Man He Used to Be Sequel Hook Adaptational Attractiveness Five-Man Band Suspiciously Specific Denial Death of a Child Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Amoral Attorney Film Series Word of God Plot Hole B-Movie Noodle Incident Hidden Depths The Stoner Evil Counterpart Early Installment Weirdness The Chessmaster Destination Defenestration The Hero Dies Amusing Injuries The Smart Guy Guile Hero Translation Convention Big "NO!" Gone Horribly Right Hollywood Darkness Animated Credits Opening Riddle for the Ages Dutch Angle May–December Romance Punch-Clock Villain Evil Laugh Becoming the Mask Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Hooker with a Heart of Gold Japanese Films Implacable Man Ax-Crazy The Big Guy Early-Bird Cameo Dramatic Gun Cock Dressing as the Enemy Heel–Face Turn Shower Scene Romantic False Lead Actor Allusion Zombie Stories Unspoken Plan Guarantee Hair-Trigger Temper Damsel in Distress Trailers Always Spoil Apocalypse How Cloudcuckoolander Documentary Brainless Beauty Silent Movie Historical Hero Upgrade Dull Surprise Ass Shove Evil-Detecting Dog The Quiet One Redshirt Army Badass Normal Love at First Sight Irony The Dreaded Due to the Dead Adorkable Black Dude Dies First Twist Ending Shoot the Shaggy Dog Famous Last Words It's Personal Foregone Conclusion An Aesop Hoist by His Own Petard Big Bad The Atoner Serial Killer The Film of the Book Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Blatant Lies Parental Substitute Gratuitous English Roger Ebert: Great Movies List The Starscream Sole Survivor Dramedy Defrosting Ice Queen Good Is Not Nice Historical In-Joke Auto Erotica Daylight Horror Never Found the Body Eyepatch of Power Tempting Fate Get Out! Oh, Crap! Easily Forgiven Toplessness from the Back A Father to His Men Green-Eyed Monster Fish out of Water Peek-a-Boo Corpse Logo Joke All for Nothing Villainous Breakdown Dramatic Irony The '70s Put on a Bus The Hero Gorn Training Montage Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! All There in the Manual 20 Minutes into the Future Canadian Movies Bullying a Dragon Science Fiction Films Totally Radical Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Guns Akimbo The Ace The Mafia Fantasy Films Grey and Gray Morality Jerk Jock Kick the Dog Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Bolivian Army Ending Bad "Bad Acting" The End... Or Is It? Deliberate Values Dissonance Femme Fatale Reality Has No Subtitles Kick the Son of a Bitch As Long as It Sounds Foreign The Bully Almost Kiss Parental Neglect Greater-Scope Villain Cool Shades Affably Evil Conspicuous CG Hypocrite Alpha Bitch Moment Killer Wounded Gazelle Gambit Outrun the Fireball Too Dumb to Live Disney Death Disproportionate Retribution Meaningful Name Bloodless Carnage Death by Sex Same Language Dub Vomit Indiscretion Shot Leave the Camera Running Music Stories Danny Peary Cult Movies List Mighty Whitey For the Evulz Heroic BSoD This Is Gonna Suck Time Skip Unusual Euphemism Henpecked Husband Fainting Batman Gambit Alas, Poor Villain The '90s Scenery Gorn An Arm and a Leg Chiaroscuro Refuge in Audacity Lock and Load Montage Camera Abuse Beware the Nice Ones Male Gaze Mr. Exposition "Where Are They Now?" 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Is a Crapshoot Non-Indicative Name Back from the Dead Rich Bitch A Date with Rosie Palms From Bad to Worse Cool Old Lady Would Hurt a Child Video Credits Precision F-Strike Arc Words One-Man Army Friend to All Children Evil Plan The Casanova Kill 'em All Say My Name The Faceless Pragmatic Villainy Left the Background Music On Death by Adaptation Vomit Discretion Shot Race Lift Bar Brawl Reality Is Unrealistic The Mole Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Dark Reprise My Greatest Failure Parental Incest Shut Up, Hannibal! Deus ex Machina Extreme Doormat Frame-Up In Medias Res Reasonable Authority Figure Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Nothing Is Scarier Dies Wide Open Fan Disservice Bittersweet Ending Costume Porn Meet Cute Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Funny Foreigner Foreshadowing Vampire Fiction Drives Like Crazy Age Lift Double-Meaning Title Creator Cameo Shell-Shocked Veteran Mooks Exactly What It Says on the Tin Dying Moment of Awesome Bring My Brown Pants Central Theme Rule of Three Fiery Redhead Psychopathic Manchild Morality Pet Wicked Cultured Race Against the Clock The Un-Reveal Demoted to Extra Reality Ensues The Voiceless Stealth Pun Unwitting Instigator of Doom Bound and Gagged Captain Ersatz Karmic Death Not So Different Sequel Escalation Chekhov's Gun Historical-Domain Character Our Vampires Are Different The Ghost Closed Circle Laser-Guided Karma Shirtless Scene Spared by the Adaptation Blood Knight Poor Communication Kills Heroes Want Redheads Badass Bookworm Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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They Really Do Love Each Other Ambiguously Gay Self-Deprecation Action Survivor Adaptation Expansion Improbable Aiming Skills Spiritual Successor Took a Level in Badass Only Known by Their Nickname Evil Sounds Deep Badass in a Nice Suit Broken Aesop French Films A Minor Kidroduction Genre Savvy Brutal Honesty The Chick Rule of Symbolism Manchild And the Adventure Continues Intrepid Reporter Aluminum Christmas Trees Fun with Acronyms Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Never Trust a Trailer Have a Gay Old Time No Antagonist The Alleged Car Wrong Genre Savvy Tranquil Fury Super Strength Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Product Placement Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Off-into-the-Distance Ending Loads and Loads of Characters The Remake Victoria's Secret Compartment Instant Death Bullet Pretty Little Headshots The Musical Eldritch Abomination Humans Are Bastards Accidental Misnaming Villain Song Freeze-Frame Bonus The '80s Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Celebrity Paradox Mugging the Monster Artistic License – Gun Safety Not So Stoic Throwing Your Sword Always Works Horror Films Face–Heel Turn Creative Closing Credits Expository Hairstyle Change The Stoic Eye Scream Bland-Name Product Tap on the Head I'm a Humanitarian Smoking Is Cool Cool Old Guy The Reveal Brother–Sister Incest Breaking the Fourth Wall Vitriolic Best Buds The Oner Diabolus ex Machina Gory Discretion Shot Taking You with Me Re-Cut Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Fourth Date Marriage Lampshade Hanging Manipulative Bastard Broken Bird In Name Only Artistic License – Biology Beauty Is Never Tarnished The Place Jerk with a Heart of Gold One Steve Limit Expy La Résistance Grievous Bottley Harm Animal Motifs For Want of a Nail Names to Run Away from Really Fast Artistic License – Military Only One Name Double Entendre The Lost Lenore Freudian Excuse Anti-Villain Not Quite Dead Department of Redundancy Department Mythology Gag Authority Equals Asskicking Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Bowdlerise Bunny-Ears Lawyer Bond Villain Stupidity Christmas Movies Index Screw This, I'm Outta Here! 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