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