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