Tropescilloscope: '80s Hair
Hairstyles from the 1980s (i.e., big, poofy bouffants, Joe Piscopo-style man perms, jheri curls, crimped ponytails on teenaged girls, mullets, mohawks, etc) (read more at tvtropes.org )
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Badass Boast
Adorkable
Defiant to the End
Kill It with Fire
Reality Ensues
Woman in White
Anti-Villain
After the End
Dirty Old Man
La Résistance
Broken Bird
Faux Affably Evil
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Ambiguous Ending
Redshirt Army
Action Prologue
An Aesop
Hope Spot
Would Hurt a Child
Cat Scare
Corrupt Corporate Executive
The '70s
Greater-Scope Villain
Authority Equals Asskicking
Facial Horror
Distracted by the Sexy
Easily Forgiven
Never Found the Body
Bare Your Midriff
Anti-Hero
Character Development
Fate Worse than Death
Happily Married
Plot Hole
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Totally Radical
Ungrateful Bastard
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Fantastic Racism
Rasputinian Death
Heroic BSoD
Scary Black Man
Diabolus ex Machina
The '90s
Bond One-Liner
Sadistic Choice
Hate Sink
Not So Stoic
Shout-Out
Red Shirt
Canadian Movies
Body Horror
Big-Bad Ensemble
Gender Flip
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Knight Templar
Translation Convention
Nice Hat
Camp Gay
And the Adventure Continues
Leave the Camera Running
Air-Vent Passageway
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Ms. Fanservice
The Ace
Major Injury Underreaction
The '80s
Missing Mom
Only Sane Man
Slashed Throat
Reckless Gun Usage
Sacrificial Lion
Ironic Echo
I Need a Freaking Drink
Film Series
Bring My Brown Pants
Informed Ability
Covers Always Lie
Gone Horribly Right
Honor Before Reason
Bottomless Magazines
Scare Chord
The Mafia
The Bad Guy Wins
Celebrity Paradox
Madness Mantra
Heroes Want Redheads
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Book-Ends
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Dwindling Party
Evil Is Petty
The Vamp
Broken Aesop
Vitriolic Best Buds
The Starscream
Romantic Comedy
Cool Guns
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Closed Circle
Corpsing
Call-Forward
Adaptational Badass
Affably Evil
What Happened to the Mouse?
Double-Meaning Title
Big Fancy House
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
The Remake
The Great Depression
Extremely Short Timespan
You Killed My Father
Bait-and-Switch
Amusing Injuries
No Ending
Not So Above It All
Maybe Ever After
Take That!
Evil Brit
Toplessness from the Back
Dual Wielding
Actor Allusion
Ship Tease
Stealth Pun
Parental Neglect
Anguished Declaration of Love
Adaptation Dye-Job
Exact Words
I'm a Humanitarian
Wrong Genre Savvy
Cool Old Guy
Revenge
Even Evil Has Standards
Television Movie Index
B-Movie
Smoking Is Cool
Alas, Poor Villain
Disney Villain Death
Daylight Horror
Establishing Character Moment
Dramedy
Chekhov's Skill
Spiritual Successor
Parental Abandonment
The Lost Lenore
Sanity Slippage
Early-Bird Cameo
French Films
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Mexican Standoff
Mr. Exposition
20 Minutes into the Future
Film Noir
Fun with Acronyms
Butt-Monkey
Fanservice Extra
Men Are the Expendable Gender
The Stoic
Death by Sex
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
What the Hell, Hero?
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
The Casanova
Due to the Dead
Male Frontal Nudity
Recycled IN SPACE!
The Un-Reveal
Loads and Loads of Characters
Credits Gag
Big Bad
Jump Scare
He Knows Too Much
Idiot Ball
Author Avatar
Truth in Television
How We Got Here
Overprotective Dad
Take a Third Option
Narrator
The Chessmaster
Together in Death
Retirony
An Arm and a Leg
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Continuity Nod
Beard of Evil
German Films
Gilligan Cut
Let's Get Dangerous!
Here We Go Again!
Improbable Weapon User
The Cavalry
Costume Porn
Reasonable Authority Figure
In Medias Res
Show Within a Show
Epic Movie
Disproportionate Retribution
MacGuffin
Shipper on Deck
Cain and Abel
Betty and Veronica
The '60s
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Insult Backfire
Driven to Suicide
Abusive Parents
Mooks
Chiaroscuro
Expository Hairstyle Change
Mighty Whitey
Neck Lift
Hollywood Darkness
Abhorrent Admirer
Interrupted Suicide
You Have Failed Me
Fire-Forged Friends
She Cleans Up Nicely
Disney Death
Good Is Not Nice
Determinator
Hell Is That Noise
Anyone Can Die
Every Car Is a Pinto
Depraved Bisexual
Wham Line
Really Gets Around
Left the Background Music On
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Face Death with Dignity
It's All About Me
The Stoner
Red Right Hand
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Posthumous Character
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Foregone Conclusion
Cool Shades
Intrepid Reporter
Naked People Are Funny
Sequel Hook
Brainless Beauty
Sir Swears-a-Lot
In the Back
Mistaken for Gay
The End... Or Is It?
Scenery Gorn
It's Personal
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Sassy Black Woman
Product Placement
Morality Pet
The Lancer
Arc Words
Composite Character
Riddle for the Ages
Hypocritical Humor
Insistent Terminology
Genre Throwback
Humiliation Conga
Deadpan Snarker
Not So Different
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Catapult Nightmare
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Bittersweet Ending
Hypocrite
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Batman Gambit
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Last-Name Basis
Grey and Gray Morality
Real Life
Word of God
Evil Sounds Deep
Dirty Cop
Not Using the "Z" Word
Beta Couple
World of Ham
Adapted Out
Put on a Bus
Bloodier and Gorier
Affectionate Parody
Meaningful Echo
Award-Bait Song
Adaptational Villainy
Be Careful What You Wish For
Flipping the Bird
From Bad to Worse
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Anachronic Order
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Our Zombies Are Different
Refuge in Audacity
Serious Business
Silent Movie
Villainous Breakdown
Re-Cut
Twist Ending
Romantic False Lead
Failed a Spot Check
Race Against the Clock
Chase Scene
Villain Song
The Sociopath
Mystery and Detective Films
Meaningful Background Event
Animal Motifs
Death Glare
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Genre Savvy
Country Matters
Shown Their Work
No Antagonist
Calling the Old Man Out
Aside Glance
Crazy-Prepared
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Russian Films
Foil
Pretty Little Headshots
Bad Boss
Villain with Good Publicity
Spared by the Adaptation
Defrosting Ice Queen
Bland-Name Product
Enemy Mine
Say My Name
Ax-Crazy
Femme Fatale
Combat Pragmatist
Love Triangle
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Voiceless
Those Two Bad Guys
Villain Ball
Kick the Dog
Cloudcuckoolander
Adaptation Expansion
Drowning My Sorrows
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Hong Kong Films
Creepy Child
The Alleged Car
Adult Fear
Cat Fight
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Accidental Murder
Annoying Younger Sibling
Fat Bastard
Canon Foreigner
Properly Paranoid
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Frame-Up
Red Herring
Tap on the Head
Disguised in Drag
The Alcoholic
Disappeared Dad
British Films
Outrun the Fireball
Fanservice
Taking You with Me
Older Than They Look
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Karmic Death
Shut Up, Hannibal!
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Lighter and Softer
Sports Stories
Black Comedy Rape
More Dakka
Deliberately Monochrome
Green-Eyed Monster
Bad "Bad Acting"
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Eldritch Abomination
Bullying a Dragon
Creator Cameo
Evil Plan
Hidden Depths
Big Brother Instinct
The Mole
Meaningful Name
Evil vs. Evil
No Name Given
Deus ex Machina
Dramatic Irony
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Fiery Redhead
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Non-Indicative Name
The Film of the Book
Horror Films
Grievous Bottley Harm
Awesome, but Impractical
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Kill 'em All
Monumental Damage
Australian Movies
As the Good Book Says...
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Punch-Clock Villain
The Ghost
Wretched Hive
Your Cheating Heart
Skewed Priorities
Developing Doomed Characters
Man on Fire
Black Comedy
Manchild
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
No OSHA Compliance
Death Seeker
It Can Think
Slasher Smile
Epic Fail
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Italian Films
I Have Your Wife
The Power of Love
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Shower Scene
Bald of Evil
Vomit Discretion Shot
Unusual Euphemism
Redemption Equals Death
Evil-Detecting Dog
Drives Like Crazy
Parental Substitute
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Arranged Marriage
Spanner in the Works
Never My Fault
Big "NO!"
Pragmatic Adaptation
Jitter Cam
Gratuitous English
As Himself
Dressing as the Enemy
Artistic License History
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Retired Badass
Fish out of Water
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Villain Protagonist
Small Name, Big Ego
A God Am I
Adaptational Heroism
Adaptation Name Change
Setting Update
Break the Cutie
Laser-Guided Karma
Bilingual Bonus
Pragmatic Villainy
Action Survivor
The Ditz
Noodle Incident
Room Full of Crazy
Film Noir Index
And I Must Scream
Scenery Porn
Gold Digger
The Reveal
Killed Mid-Sentence
Half the Man He Used to Be
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Fourth Date Marriage
Offscreen Teleportation
Horror Comedy
Black Best Friend
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
All Just a Dream
Hoist by His Own Petard
Despair Event Horizon
Self-Deprecation
An Axe to Grind
Darkest Hour
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Artistic License Gun Safety
Sequel Escalation
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Rule of Funny
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Have a Gay Old Time
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Insane Troll Logic
HeelFace Turn
Stuff Blowing Up
Eureka Moment
Police Brutality
Bar Brawl
Anachronism Stew
Henpecked Husband
Sealed Evil in a Can
Politically Incorrect Villain
Damsel in Distress
From Nobody to Nightmare
Public Domain Feature Films
Meet Cute
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Did Not Get the Girl
Mundane Made Awesome
Badass Grandpa
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Video Credits
BrotherSister Incest
Up to Eleven
Expy
Vacation Films
Random Events Plot
Historical-Domain Character
All for Nothing
Department of Redundancy Department
Bowdlerise
This Is Gonna Suck
Thriller
Whole Plot Reference
Novelization
Fan Disservice
The Smart Guy
Loophole Abuse
Becoming the Mask
Extreme Doormat
Artistic License Law
Dark Reprise
Rule of Cool
Chekhov's Gun
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Almost Kiss
Lock and Load Montage
Soundtrack Dissonance
Off with His Head!
Malevolent Masked Men
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Darker and Edgier
Storming the Castle
Cluster F-Bomb
Worthy Opponent
Plucky Comic Relief
The Brute
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Rousing Speech
Dirty Coward
Dark and Troubled Past
Stealth Hi/Bye
The Smurfette Principle
Laughing Mad
Precision F-Strike
Fantasy Films
Bury Your Gays
Super Strength
Empathic Environment
Motor Mouth
Biopic
Badass Longcoat
Smug Snake
Deconstruction
Same Language Dub
Dark Is Not Evil
Logo Joke
Asshole Victim
Superhero
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Big Applesauce
Berserk Button
Accidental Misnaming
Running Gag
Handicapped Badass
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Retcon
Boom, Headshot!
Light Is Not Good
Bound and Gagged
Ghost Fiction
BFG
Wicked Cultured
Those Two Guys
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Babies Ever After
Nice Guy
Tagline
Slasher Movie
Auto Erotica
Dark Action Girl
Eiffel Tower Effect
Crapsack World
Back from the Dead
Mama Bear
Match Cut
Evil Laugh
Brick Joke
Fainting
Artistic License Biology
Nothing Is Scarier
A Minor Kidroduction
Captain Ersatz
Contrived Coincidence
Blatant Lies
The Big Guy
Intergenerational Friendship
Star-Crossed Lovers
Apocalypse How
The Atoner
Unreliable Narrator
Deal with the Devil
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Historical Villain Upgrade
Martial Arts Movie
Dull Surprise
Casting Gag
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
The Place
Leitmotif
Tranquil Fury
Dies Wide Open
Children Are Innocent
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Card-Carrying Villain
Imagine Spot
Rape as Drama
Early Installment Weirdness
Tempting Fate
Oh, Crap!
Creative Closing Credits
Adaptation Distillation
The Quiet One
Groin Attack
Dying Moment of Awesome
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Sole Survivor
Pay Evil unto Evil
Downer Ending
Heroic Sacrifice
And Starring
Science Fiction Films
Does Not Like Shoes
He Who Fights Monsters
Psycho for Hire
FaceHeel Turn
Ascended Extra
Vampire Fiction
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Coming-of-Age Story
Straight Gay
Black Dude Dies First
Alliterative Name
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Attempted Rape
Kubrick Stare
Drugs Are Bad
Eye Scream
The '50s
Immune to Bullets
Would Hit a Girl
Earn Your Happy Ending
The Bully
Bloody Hilarious
Bavarian Fire Drill
Badass Bookworm
In Name Only
Curb-Stomp Battle
Once More, with Clarity!
All There in the Manual
Villain Opening Scene
Psychological Thriller
Mood Whiplash
Made of Iron
Large Ham
All There in the Script
Demoted to Extra
Ominous Latin Chanting
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Funny Background Event
Genre Shift
The Cameo
Daddy's Girl
Conspicuous CG
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Blood Knight
Pyrrhic Victory
Never Trust a Trailer
Dissonant Serenity
Foreshadowing
Death of a Child
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Big Eater
All Men Are Perverts
Eyepatch of Power
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Pretty in Mink
Playing Gertrude
Get Out!
She's Got Legs
No-Sell
Fingore
The Load
Dramatic Gun Cock
Cowboy Cop
Japanese Films
Jerk Jock
Historical Hero Upgrade
Too Dumb to Live
Fake Shemp
Bond Villain Stupidity
Undying Loyalty
Paper-Thin Disguise
Big Bad Duumvirate
The Dog Bites Back
Actually Pretty Funny
Took a Level in Jerkass
Protagonist Title
Stepford Smiler
Implacable Man
My Greatest Failure
MayDecember Romance
Love at First Sight
Bloodless Carnage
Soft Glass
Improvised Weapon
Mind Screw
Overly Long Gag
Slap-Slap-Kiss
A Father to His Men
Break the Haughty
Stalker with a Crush
Framing Device
Based on a True Story
Mythology Gag
Took a Level in Badass
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Visual Pun
Our Vampires Are Different
Chewing the Scenery
Hero Antagonist
Action Girl
Alpha Bitch
Psychopathic Manchild
My God, What Have I Done?
Jerkass
Dutch Angle
Wham Shot
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Your Head A-Splode
Christmas Movies Index
Famous Last Words
True Companions
Ass Shove
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Crazy Jealous Guy
Market-Based Title
Amoral Attorney
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Dumb Blonde
Only in It for the Money
Yandere
Crucified Hero Shot
Call-Back
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Lampshade Hanging
Adaptational Attractiveness
Everyone Has Standards
Police are Useless
Punny Name
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Eagleland
Funny Foreigner
Gainax Ending
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Destination Defenestration
Heel Realization
The Stinger
Guns Akimbo
Author Appeal
Faking the Dead
Catch-Phrase
Antagonist Title
N-Word Privileges
Fatal Family Photo
Death by Adaptation
Ambiguously Gay
The Faceless
Artistic License Military
Final Girl
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Rewatch Bonus
Sexy Discretion Shot
Trailers Always Spoil
NO INDOOR VOICE
One Steve Limit
Decoy Protagonist
Those Wacky Nazis
Karma Houdini
Badass Normal
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Make It Look Like an Accident
Only One Name
For Want of a Nail
Action Genre
Time Skip
Better to Die than Be Killed
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Evil Counterpart
Cassandra Truth
Race Lift
Spell My Name with an "S"
Rich Bitch
Homage
I Did What I Had to Do
Stylistic Suck
Car Fu
Married to the Job
Humans Are Bastards
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Taking the Bullet
Male Gaze
Sci-Fi Horror
Music Stories
The Oner
Freudian Excuse
Irony
One-Man Army
Hollywood Law
Hero of Another Story
Manly Tears
Didn't Think This Through
Historical In-Joke
Manipulative Bastard
Demonic Possession
Double Entendre
Adults Are Useless
Age Lift
Cruel and Unusual Death
Cold-Blooded Torture
Jerkass Has a Point
Artistic License Physics
Not Quite Dead
Parental Incest
Suddenly SHOUTING!
It Will Never Catch On
Domestic Abuse
Mercy Kill
Artistic License Geography
Beware the Nice Ones
Military and Warfare Films
Works Set in World War II
Ripped from the Headlines
Death by Irony
Sinister Minister
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Flashback
Line-of-Sight Name
Big Damn Heroes
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Chick
Only a Flesh Wound
Bolivian Army Ending
Made of Explodium
Five-Man Band
A Date with Rosie Palms
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
What You Are in the Dark
Advertised Extra
Title Drop
Mr. Fanservice
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Cool Car
Gory Discretion Shot
The X of Y
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Captain Obvious
Improbable Aiming Skills
The Hero Dies
Spiteful Spit
Serial Killer
Rule of Three
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Reality Is Unrealistic
Silence Is Golden
Badass in a Nice Suit
Training Montage
Friend to All Children
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Animal Title Index
"Awesome McCool" Name
Fatal Flaw
Mad Scientist
Cool Old Lady
The Hero
For the Evulz
Important Haircut
Neck Snap
Animated Credits Opening
Poor Communication Kills
Zombie Stories
Bi the Way
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Dragon
Shirtless Scene
Token Minority
Only Known by Their Nickname
Hair-Trigger Temper
Kids Are Cruel
Woman Scorned
Documentary
One-Word Title
Needs Wiki Magic Love
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Chekhov's Gunman
Mugging the Monster
Black and Gray Morality
Brutal Honesty
Moment Killer
Curse Cut Short
The Dreaded
Broken Pedestal
Stock Footage
Real Life Writes the Plot
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Pimped-Out Dress
Camera Abuse
Naïve Newcomer
The Musical
My Beloved Smother
Armor-Piercing Question
Obviously Evil
Rule of Symbolism
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Pet the Dog
Rated M for Manly
Dogged Nice Guy
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Guile Hero
As You Know
War Is Hell
Instant Death Bullet
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Gorn
Ambiguous Disorder
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Arch-Enemy
Index of Film Westerns
Obfuscating Stupidity
Blackmail
Knife Nut
Reality Has No Subtitles
Evil Is Hammy
Not What It Looks Like
Blood from the Mouth
Comically Missing the Point
Agony of the Feet
'80s Hair
Papa Wolf
Central Theme