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