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