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