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