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