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