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