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