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