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