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