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