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